Meaning & use
toll
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A fee charged to use a particular road, bridge, or tunnel, or the total damage or loss caused by something.
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Drivers must pay a toll to cross the bridge during peak hours.
The long war took a heavy toll on the country's economy.
A note on using this word
"Toll" has two very different common uses -- a literal payment (a toll road) and a figurative cost or damage ("the toll of stress") -- so context matters.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To ring slowly and repeatedly, especially a large bell.
The old church bell tolled at noon.
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