toll
tohl
- n a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
- n value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
- n the sound of a bell being struck
she heard the distant toll of church bells - v ring slowly
For whom the bell tolls - v charge a fee for using
- The death toll was over 1,000, with more than half a million people forced to flee their homes.
- The toll bridge receivers went into Federal Court in Houston and obtained an injunction against Texas' opening the free bridge until such time as the Legislature authorized them .
- President Karzai, in a vehement denunciation of the mounting civilian death toll, lambasted the international troops at a press conference Saturday, saying that .