toll1
Pronunciation: /təʊl/
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Definition of toll
noun
verb
Origin:
Old English (denoting a charge, tax, or duty), from medieval Latin toloneum, alteration of late Latin teloneum, from Greek telōnion 'toll house', from telos 'tax'. 1sense 2 of the noun (late 19th century) arose from the notion of paying a toll or tribute in human lives (to an adversary or to death)
