tolls
Highway passage charges
Tolls are fees charged for using a road, bridge, or other passage, or the act of collecting such fees.
The verb toll has a separate meaning: to ring a bell slowly and repeatedly, typically to mark a death or solemn occasion.
The church bells tolled for the fallen soldiers.
When something takes its toll, it causes gradual damage or wear: Years of stress took their toll on his health.
The phrase for whom the bell tolls reminds us that every death diminishes the living.
Solemn bell stroke
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- pealResonant ringing burst
- ringingSustained resonant sound
- clangLoud metallic sound
bong · gong · reverberate · echo · resonate · church · clocktower · funeral
Cost or accusation
- fareTransport payment
- levyCompulsory government charge
- tariffTax on traded goods
- duesRegular membership payments
rate · cost · price · duty · surcharge · assessment · taxation · revenue
Required payment amount
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- priceMonetary value assigned
- consequenceResult of an action
- impactForceful contact or consequence
strain · wear · suffering · loss · casualties · fatalities · devastation · aftermath
Major road for travel
- turnpikeFee-charging highway
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- expresswayLimited-access highway
interstate · roadway · thoroughfare · viaduct · causeway · overpass · freeway · autobahn
Travel from place to place
- roadtripLeisure travel by car
- mileageDistance traveled by vehicle
- navigationDetermining position and course
- destinationIntended arrival point
commute · route · passage · crossing · checkpoint · border · frontier · waypoint
knell
Solemn bell stroke
clang · bong · gong · reverberate · echo · resonate · church · clocktower · funeral · mourning
charge
Cost or accusation
dues · rate · cost · price · duty · surcharge · assessment · taxation · revenue · customs
cost
Required payment amount
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- priceMonetary value assigned
- consequenceResult of an action
impact · strain · wear · suffering · loss · casualties · fatalities · devastation · aftermath · hardship
highway
Major road for travel
expressway · interstate · roadway · thoroughfare · viaduct · causeway · overpass · freeway · autobahn · autostrada
journey
Travel from place to place
- roadtripLeisure travel by car
- mileageDistance traveled by vehicle
- navigationDetermining position and course
destination · commute · route · passage · crossing · checkpoint · border · frontier · waypoint · stopover
- chargesfees, surcharges, levies, service charges, service fees
- feesfee, fees, service fee, service charge, flat fee
- personal expensescopay, copays, co-payments, deductible, deductibles
- Erie CanalErie Canal, locks, towpath, towpaths, mules
- government chargesincome taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, customs duties, excise taxes
- government revenuetax revenue, sales tax, income tax, property tax, excise tax
tollsfree passage
Unhindered right to travel
open access · free access · no charge · freebies · exemptions
- 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