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- [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.
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2. sax. o. eng. law a liberty to buy and sell within the
bounds of a manor.
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3. a portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for
grinding.
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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.
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syn: tax; custom; duty; impost.
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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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