toll

toll, n.

1. A tax or due paid for the use of something; esp., the consideration paid either to use a public road, highway, or bridge, or to maintain a booth for the sale of goods at a fair or market. [Cases: Bridges 33; Turnpikes and Toll Roads 37. C.J.S. Bridges §§ 65–69; Turnpikes and Toll Roads§§ 36, 40.]

2. A right to collect such a tax or due.

3. The privilege of being free from such a tax or due.

4. A charge for a long-distance telephone call. [Cases: Telecommunications 323.]

toll, vb.

1. To annul or take away (toll a right of entry).

2. (Of a time period, esp. a statutory one) to stop the running of; to abate (toll the limitations period). See EQUITABLE TOLLING.

3. Hist. To raise or collect a tax or due for the use of something.


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