[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

toll \toll\, n. oe. tol, as. toll; akin to os.  d. tol, g.
   zoll, ohg. zol, icel. tollr, sw. tull, dan. told, and also to
   e. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment.
   see tale number.
   1. a tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for
      the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or
      for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
      1913 webster

   2. sax.  o. eng. law a liberty to buy and sell within the
      bounds of a manor.
      1913 webster

   3. a portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for
      grinding.
      1913 webster

   toll and team o. eng. law, the privilege of having a
      market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --burrill.

   toll bar, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats
      at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.

   toll bridge, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over
      it.

   toll corn, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.

   toll dish, a dish for measuring toll in mills.

   toll gatherer, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.

   toll hop, a toll dish. obs. --crabb.

   toll thorough eng. law, toll taken by a town for beasts
      driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at
      its cost. --brande  c.

   toll traverse eng. law, toll taken by an individual for
      beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for
      passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the
      like, of another.

   toll turn eng. law, a toll paid at the return of beasts
      from market, though they were not sold. --burrill.
      1913 webster

   syn: tax; custom; duty; impost.
        1913 webster
see also:
tale toll and team toll bar toll bridge toll corn toll dish 
toll gatherer toll hop toll thorough toll traverse toll turn 

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