toll

toll
Verb: To suspend or interrupt the running of the statute of limitations. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 158; 34 Am J1st Lim Ac §§ 186 et seq. To lead away or entice, as to toll a hog with a sack of corn. Noun: A charge, as for milling or telephone service, and particularly for the use of a turnpike, toll road, or toll bridge. 54 Am J1st Turn & T R § 10. The charge of a ferryman. 35 Am J2d Ferr § 1. A charge for services of a public utility. A charge exacted for towage. Compensation for the use of another's property and of improvements thereon. People ex rel. Curren v Schommer, 392 Ill 17, 63 NE2d 744, 167 ALR 1347. See port toll.

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  • toll! — toll! …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

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  • toll — und voll: völlig betrunken; eine verstärkende Reimformel; ursprünglich ›Voll und toll‹, so noch oft bei Luther, z.B. ›An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation‹ (Werke I, 298b). »ßo wurdenn sie zu Rom mercken, das, die deutschen nit alletzeit tol …   Das Wörterbuch der Idiome

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  • Toll — Toll, v. t. [See {Tole}.] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See {Tole}. [1913 Webster] 2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • toll — Ⅰ. toll [1] ► NOUN 1) a charge payable to use a bridge or road or (N. Amer. ) for a long distance telephone call. 2) the number of deaths or casualties arising from an accident, disaster, etc. 3) the cost or damage resulting from something. ●… …   English terms dictionary

  • Toll — Toll, v. i. 1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.] [1913 Webster] Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll thrice. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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