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toll
Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
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noun
Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
“The war has taken its toll on the people.”
A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
“We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.”
A tollbooth.
“We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.”
A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
verb
To impose a fee for the use of.
“Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges.”
To levy a toll on (someone or something).
To take as a toll.
To pay a toll or tallage.
noun
The act or sound of tolling
verb
To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
“Ask not for whom the bell tolls.”
To summon by ringing a bell.
“The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers.”
To announce by tolling.
“The bells tolled the King’s death.”
verb
To draw; pull; tug; drag.
To tear in pieces.
To draw; entice; invite; allure.
“Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady"”
To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).
verb
To take away; to vacate; to annul.
To suspend.
“The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant’s wrongful conduct.”
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The war has taken its toll on the people.
We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.
We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.
Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges.
Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers.
The bells tolled the King’s death.
Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady"
The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant’s wrongful conduct.
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