Meaning & use
Tolled
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Rang a bell slowly and repeatedly, often to mark a death, event, or the passage of time; also, charged a fee for use of a road or bridge.
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The church bell tolled twelve times at midnight.
Drivers are tolled electronically as they pass under the bridge.
A note on using this word
The bell-ringing sense and the fee-charging sense of "toll" come from different, though related, historical roots, both ultimately tied to marking or measuring something owed.
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2. verb
Took a heavy toll on, or caused gradual damage or loss to.
Years of stress had tolled heavily on her health.
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