road tolls

Driving passage payments

Road tolls are fees charged for using certain highways, bridges, or tunnels.

The money typically funds construction, maintenance, or reduces congestion.

Tolls may be collected at booths, through electronic transponders, or by photographing license plates: We spent forty dollars on road tolls driving to the city.

The singular road toll can also mean the number of deaths from traffic accidents.

Opposites
road funding mechanism

road tollspublic funding

Government-allocated monetary support

fuel taxes · government subsidies · property taxes · excise taxes

access model

road tollsopen access

Free public scholarly content

freeways · free passage

Family

road, toll, tollbooth, tollgate, tollhouse

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G