toll

  • 41toll — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 money that you pay to use a road, bridge, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ highway (in the US), motorway (in the UK), road VERB + TOLL ▪ charge, collect …

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  • 42toll — 01. The bell [tolled], signaling that the church service was about to begin. 02. At our old school, they used to [toll] a bell when it was time to come in. 03. All across the country, church bells [tolled] in mourning for the death of the… …

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  • 43Tõll — Der Suur Tõll ( Der große Tõll ; suur = groß ) ist in der estnischen Mythologie ein Riese von der estnischen Insel Saaremaa. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Legende 2 Etymologie 3 Nachwirken 4 Weblinks …

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  • 44Toll! — Frontal21 ist ein Fernsehmagazin im ZDF, welches nach dem Ende der erfolgreichen Magazine Frontal und Kennzeichen D gestartet wurde. Teilweise wurden Mitarbeiter dieser zwei Vorläufermagazine in die neue Frontal21 Redaktion übernommen. Am 3.… …

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  • 45toll — toll1 /tohl/, n. 1. a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge. 2. the extent of loss, damage, suffering, etc., resulting from some action or… …

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  • 46toll — [[t]to͟ʊl[/t]] tolls, tolling, tolled 1) V ERG When a bell tolls or when someone tolls it, it rings slowly and repeatedly, often as a sign that someone has died. Church bells tolled and black flags fluttered... [V n] The pilgrims tolled the bell …

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  • 47toll — 1. n. 1 a charge payable for permission to pass a barrier or use a bridge or road etc. 2 the cost or damage caused by a disaster, battle, etc., or incurred in an achievement (death toll). 3 US a charge for a long distance telephone call. Phrases… …

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  • 48toll — toll1 [ toul ] noun * 1. ) singular MAINLY JOURNALISM the total number of people who have been killed or hurt a ) the total amount of harm or damage: the mounting toll of failed businesses 2. ) singular the loud slow repeated sound of a large… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 49toll — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Vulgar Latin *tolonium, alteration of Late Latin telonium customhouse, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll; perhaps akin to Greek tlēnai to bear Date …

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  • 50toll — I UK [təʊl] / US [toʊl] noun Word forms toll : singular toll plural tolls * 1) [countable] an amount of money that you pay to use a bridge or a road toll charges 2) a) [singular] mainly journalism the total number of people who have been killed… …

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