[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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DRJTBC - Home
...The mission of the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission is to ... out of seven toll bridges more than 50 years old. Its toll-supported ... ..
http://www.drjtbc.com/, score=100, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:34 pm

Toll Bridge Site
...... BRIDGE PROGRAM. There are Seven State owned and operated Toll Bridges ... Bay Bridge. In the San Francisco Bay Area, the Toll Bridge Program is ... ..
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/tollbridge/, score=82, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 3:34 am

Delaware River-Turnpike Toll Bridge (I-276)
...... Toll Bridge approaching mid-span. The bridge was re-striped from six ... two adjacent bridge alternatives ("bridge north" and "bridge south"). ... ..
http://www.phillyroads.com/crossings/delaware-toll/, score=78, date indexed=January 10, 2006, 3:21 pm

Toll Bridge Tolers
...... browser doesn't support them.. Try going to the.... TOLL BRIDGE TOLERS ... ..
http://www.tollbridgetolers.org/, score=69, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:05 pm

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