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toll

noun verb

A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
T
Ends with
L
Contains
OL
Scrabble score
4
CEFR level
B2

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noun

  1. A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges

noun

  1. Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

    “The cost in human life was enormous”

noun

  1. The sound of a bell being struck

    “Saved by the bell”

verb

  1. Ring slowly

    “For whom the bell tolls”

verb

  1. Charge a fee for using

    “Toll the bridges into New York City”

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Example Sentences

The cost in human life was enormous
The price of success is hard work
What price glory?
Saved by the bell
She heard the distant toll of church bells
For whom the bell tolls
Toll the bridges into New York City

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