toll
Crossing costs money
Meanings of toll are split in two groups, each represented by a noun and a verb.
First, a toll is an amount collected for some service, such as crossing a bridge.
By extension, a toll is the burden resulting from something, like a heavy toll on people who suffer a disaster.
A death toll is the number of deaths associated with an adverse event.
To toll someone is to charge them a toll.
Second, a toll is the sound that a bell makes.
When a bell tolls it makes its characteristic sound.
Cost or accusation
- fareTransport payment
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- levyCompulsory government charge
- tariffTax on traded goods
turnpike · highway · bridge · tunnel · expressway · freeway · transponder · E-ZPass
chime
Melodic bell sound
clang · ding · gong · carillon · sound · reverberate · echo · resonate · clapper · bong
charge
Cost or accusation
tariff · turnpike · highway · bridge · tunnel · expressway · freeway · transponder · E-ZPass · plaza
strain
Excessive stretching force
price · consequence · hardship · suffering · loss · fatigue · stress · wear · exhaustion · sacrifice
remembrance
Act of holding something in mind
silence · sacrifice · commemoration · fallen · veterans · armistice · poppy · monument · respect · heroes
- burdensburden, load, onus, obligations, weight
- fees & chargesfee, charge, tax, fare, service fee
- ratestax rate, interest rate, exchange rate, mortgage rate, loan rate
- travel problemslost luggage, flight delays, flight delay, delayed flight, missed flight
- funeral ritesfuneral, bury, burial, funeral mass, burial rites
- phone chargesroaming, airtime, surcharge, overage, activation fee
tollfree passage
Unhindered right to travel
free access · no charge · toll-free · complimentary · gratis
- death tollTotal fatalities counted
- take its tollCause cumulative damage
- take a tollCause gradual damage
- toll boothRoad fee collection point
- toll plazasHighway fee stations
- toll roadsHighways requiring user fees
tolls, tolling, tolled, tollbooth, tollway, tollbooths, tollgate, tollhouse, tollhouses