Examples of toll in a Sentence
Rick Jervis, USA Today, 13 July 2025
Harry has publicly voiced grievances about how the couple was treated during their time as senior working royals, citing issues around press intrusion, family tensions and the toll on their mental health.
—Erin Hill, People.com, 12 July 2025
Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 6 July 2025
What to Know Eby talked about the possibility of tolling U.S. commercial trucks passing through British Columbia on their way to Alaska on the lawn of the Legislative Assembly building in Victoria this week.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Toll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toll. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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toll
1 of 3 nountoll
2 of 3 verbtoll
3 of 3 nounNoun
Middle English toll "a tax or fee paid to be allowed to do something," from early French toll (same meaning), derived from Latin telonium "a house where duties on imports are paid and ships' cargoes are checked," derived from Greek telos "tax, toll"
Verb
Middle English tollen "to pull, drag, or toll (a bell)," perhaps from Middle English toilen "to struggle"
Legal Definition
toll
1 of 3 nountoll
2 of 3 verbParker v. Yen, 823 S.W.2d 359 (1991)toll
3 of 3 nounNoun
Old English, tax or fee paid for a liberty or privilege, ultimately from Late Latin telonium custom house, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll
Verb
Anglo-French tollir, toller to take away, make null, bar, ultimately from Latin tollere to lift up, take away
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