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Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror.
Omar Bongo

Meaning of "toll" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOLL

Perhaps related to Old English -tyllan, as in fortyllan to attract.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TOLL

toll  [təʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOLL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Toll is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb toll in English.

WHAT DOES TOLL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of toll in the English dictionary

The first definition of toll in the dictionary is to ring or cause to ring slowly and recurrently. Other definition of toll is to summon, warn, or announce by tolling. Toll is also to decoy.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TOLL

PRESENT

Present
I toll
you toll
he/she/it tolls
we toll
you toll
they toll
Present continuous
I am tolling
you are tolling
he/she/it is tolling
we are tolling
you are tolling
they are tolling
Present perfect
I have tolled
you have tolled
he/she/it has tolled
we have tolled
you have tolled
they have tolled
Present perfect continuous
I have been tolling
you have been tolling
he/she/it has been tolling
we have been tolling
you have been tolling
they have been tolling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I tolled
you tolled
he/she/it tolled
we tolled
you tolled
they tolled
Past continuous
I was tolling
you were tolling
he/she/it was tolling
we were tolling
you were tolling
they were tolling
Past perfect
I had tolled
you had tolled
he/she/it had tolled
we had tolled
you had tolled
they had tolled
Past perfect continuous
I had been tolling
you had been tolling
he/she/it had been tolling
we had been tolling
you had been tolling
they had been tolling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will toll
you will toll
he/she/it will toll
we will toll
you will toll
they will toll
Future continuous
I will be tolling
you will be tolling
he/she/it will be tolling
we will be tolling
you will be tolling
they will be tolling
Future perfect
I will have tolled
you will have tolled
he/she/it will have tolled
we will have tolled
you will have tolled
they will have tolled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been tolling
you will have been tolling
he/she/it will have been tolling
we will have been tolling
you will have been tolling
they will have been tolling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would toll
you would toll
he/she/it would toll
we would toll
you would toll
they would toll
Conditional continuous
I would be tolling
you would be tolling
he/she/it would be tolling
we would be tolling
you would be tolling
they would be tolling
Conditional perfect
I would have toll
you would have toll
he/she/it would have toll
we would have toll
you would have toll
they would have toll
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been tolling
you would have been tolling
he/she/it would have been tolling
we would have been tolling
you would have been tolling
they would have been tolling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you toll
we let´s toll
you toll
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to toll
Past participle
tolled
Present Participle
tolling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOLL


bowl
bəʊl
coal
kəʊl
cole
kəʊl
console
kənˈsəʊl
control
kənˈtrəʊl
goal
ɡəʊl
hole
həʊl
parole
pəˈrəʊl
patrol
pəˈtrəʊl
payroll
ˈpeɪˌrəʊl
pole
pəʊl
poll
pəʊl
role
rəʊl
roll
rəʊl
scroll
skrəʊl
Seoul
səʊl
sole
səʊl
soul
səʊl
troll
trəʊl
whole
həʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOLL

toll bridge
toll call
toll charge
toll road
toll-free
tollable
tollage
tollbar
tollbooth
tolldish
Toller
tolley
tollgate
tollhouse
tollie
tollkeeper
tollman
tollway
tolly

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOLL

atoll
baby doll
babydoll
Barbie doll
boll
Carroll
coll
death toll
doll
electoral roll
honor roll
knoll
moll
noll
on a roll
Ragdoll
rock and roll
rock-and-roll
rock´n´roll
stroll

Synonyms and antonyms of toll in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TOLL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «toll» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of toll
announce · assessment · call · charge · chime · clang · cost · customs · damage · demand · duty · fee · harm · impost · inroad · knell · levy · loss · number · payment · peal · penalty · price · rate · ring · ringing · roll · roster · signal · sound · strike · suffering · sum · tariff · tax · tribute

Translation of «toll» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOLL

Find out the translation of toll to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of toll from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «toll» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

通行费
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

peaje
570 millions of speakers

English

toll
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टोल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رَسْم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колокольный звон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pedágio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপশুল্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Maut
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鐘の音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

종치기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tol
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lệ phí cầu đường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எண்ணிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Geçiş ücreti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pedaggio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opłata (za przejazd)
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

збір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

taxă rutieră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διόδια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avgift
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bompenger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of toll

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOLL»

The term «toll» is very widely used and occupies the 5.297 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOLL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «toll» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «toll» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about toll

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10 QUOTES WITH «TOLL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word toll.
1
Scott Adams
There's kind of a toll you have to pay with a cat; if you don't pet her for 10 minutes she'll bother you for six hours.
2
Christiane Amanpour
We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.
3
Alessandra Ambrosio
I think I'm in better shape now than I was 10 years ago, but it takes a bigger toll - I get back pain!
4
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Life will take its toll on all of us. We get injured, we get old. It's really sad to try to run away from these harsh realities of life. Looks are not everything. I am not going to look beautiful all the time.
5
Seth Berkley
Now, you might think of flu as just a really bad cold, but it can be a death sentence. Every year, 36,000 people in the United States die of seasonal flu. In the developing world, the data is much sketchier, but the death toll is almost certainly higher.
6
Kevin Bleyer
Sports exact too harsh a toll on our beautiful women. Like engendered species, they should be protected, and instead, we exploit them and demand they fly too close to the sun for our amusement. We send them into the arena for an exhausting three-setter, an 18-hole playoff, a 200th lap. The burnout factor is insurmountable.
7
Omar Bongo
Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror.
8
Rory Cochrane
When you're doing that TV thing, you're doing the same thing for years and years. You can fall into bad habits as an actor and I think it can take a toll on your ability to act, which I think is scary.
9
Christopher Darden
In some ways I'm still recovering from the trial. My health is not as good as it ought to be. I've gone back to practicing law and it seems to have taken a toll for whatever reason.
10
Pete Domenici
Today's gasoline prices are taking a severe toll on Americans' pocketbooks. Consumers are anxious.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOLL»

Discover the use of toll in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to toll and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
When Eight Bells Toll
From the acclaimed master of action and suspense. The all time classic
Alistair MacLean, 2010
2
Toll the Hounds: Book Eight of The Malazan Book of the Fallen
While the city of Darujhistan becomes increasingly subject to assassins, tyrants, and the oppressive summer weather, Anomander Raks, Son of Darkness, plots a deadly revenge from the distant city of Black Coral.
Steven Erikson, 2008
3
Toll House Tried and True Recipes
For all cooks, this book is a true classic.
Ruth Graves Wakefield, 1977
4
Road User Charging and Electronic Toll Collection
This authoritative book offers professionals expert guidance in planning, procuring, and operating electronic tolling and road-user charging systems.
Andrew T. W. Pickford, Philip T. Blythe, 2006
5
Signaling by Toll-Like Receptors
The discovery of toll-like receptors (TLRs) spurred the field of innate immunity into a renaissance after many years of neglect. Since then, TLR research has grown at an exponential rate.
Gregory W. Konat, 2008
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Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942
Draws on eyewitness accounts and primary sources to describe the first months of World War II in the Pacific, after the U.S. Navy suffered the worst defeat in its history at Pearl Harbor.
Ian W. Toll, 2012
7
Toll and Toll-Like Receptors:: An Immunologic Perspective
INTRODUCTION Toll Receptors and the Renaissance of Innate Immunity Elizabeth H. Bassett and Tina Rich ponders on what he would study if he were to start over in the lab.1 Dismissing the antibody, MHC, the T-cell and parasitology,  ...
Tina Rich, 2007
8
Secret Toll-Free Customer Service Phone Numbers and ...
Don't ever search for hidden customer service phone numbers again!
MobileReference, 2007
9
Guide to Electronic Toll Payments
This book, which covers mainland US, Puerto Rico and Canada, looks at each toll operator separately and gives tips on how you can save money by not paying the full fare again on average.
James Muma Mwape, 2009
10
Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) and Innate Immunity
This book reviews and highlights our recent understanding on the function and ligands of TLRs as well as their role in autoimmunity, dendritic cell activation and target structures for therapeutic intervention.
Stefan Bauer, Gunther Hartmann, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOLL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term toll is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Internet Rallies Behind Fired Toll Booth Worker
Samsonov, a military veteran who had worked at the booth for 29 years, said he was fired for covering someone's toll fee out of his own pocket. NBC2 reports ... «TIME, Jul 15»
2
More toll lanes seen as solution to nation's freeway congestion
Toll lanes are an increasingly common solution in metropolitan regions with limited public space or money to widen highways. One increasingly popular idea is ... «LA Daily News, Jun 15»
3
India alcohol poisoning: Mumbai death toll tops 100
The death toll from alcohol poisoning in India's western city of Mumbai (Bombay) has crossed 100. Police spokesman Dhananjay Kulkarni said the number of ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
4
China cruise ship death toll exceeds 400, victims mourned
The disaster has now caused a higher toll than the sinking of a ferry in South Korea in April 2014 that killed 304 people, most of them children on a school trip. «Reuters UK, Jun 15»
5
Indian heatwave toll soars to 2200 as monsoon approaches
The total toll in both states stood at 2177, after about 200 more deaths were reported between Friday and Saturday, officials said. Andhra Pradesh recorded a ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
6
GM ignition switch death toll reaches 100
The death toll from General Motors' flawed ignition switch, which the automaker once estimated was responsible for as few as 13 deaths, has now been tied to at ... «CNNMoney, May 15»
7
Officials: Toll from severe weather in northwest Pakistan climbs to 45.
Mushtaq Ghani, the information minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, provided the latest toll Monday, saying several hundred people had been ... «Fox News, Apr 15»
8
Route 3 toll lane proposal gains traction
HINGHAM, Mass. —Two years after it started as an unsolicited proposal from a Quincy lawyer, the idea of building an express toll lane down the middle of Route ... «WCVB Boston, Mar 15»
9
India's swine flu toll climbs to 1731; number of cases touches 30000
NEW DELHI: The swine flu toll in the country climbed to 1,731 on Monday as 21 more deaths were reported even as the number of persons affected by the ... «Times of India, Mar 15»
10
Brazil Bus Crash Death Toll Rises to 49
Officials said in a statement Sunday that the death toll could rise because more bodies could be found under the bus and in the woods. The cause of the ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»

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