TOLL
1 none. 1 charge to use a bridge, road, etc. 2 cost or damage caused by a disaster etc. ? take its toll be accompanied by loss, injury, etc.
1 none. 1 charge to use a bridge, road, etc. 2 cost or damage caused by a disaster etc. ? take its toll be accompanied by loss, injury, etc.
2 —verb. 1 a (of a bell) sound with slow uniform strokes. B ring (a bell) in this way. C (of a bell) announce or mark (a death etc.) In this way. 2 strike (the hour). —none. 1 tolling. 2 stroke of a bell. [(now dial.) Toll entice, pull, from an old english root]