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toll

(t/oU/l )

a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)(noun.possession)

source: wordnet30
value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
cost, price

source: wordnet30
the sound of a bell being struck(noun.event)

Example:
She heard the distant toll of church bells.

Synonym:
bell

source: wordnet30
The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.(noun)

source: webster1913
A tax 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, or the like.(noun)

source: webster1913

ring slowly(verb.perception)

Example:
For whom the bell tolls.

source: wordnet30
charge a fee for using(verb.possession)

Example:
Toll the bridges into New York City.

source: wordnet30
To take away; to vacate; to annul.(verb)

source: webster1913
To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.(verb)

source: webster1913
To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person.(verb)

source: webster1913
To pay toll or tallage.(verb)

source: webster1913
To collect, as a toll.(verb)

source: webster1913

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