toll

1. 1.

   a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)

   Broaderfee
2. 2.

   value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something

   “the cost in human life was enormous”

   “the price of success is hard work”

   “what price glory?”

   Synonymspricecost

   Broadervalue

   Narrowerdeath toll
3. 3.

   the sound of a bell being struck

   “saved by the bell”

   “she heard the distant toll of church bells”

   Synonymsbell

   Broadersound

   Narrowerknellangelus bell

1. 1.

   ring slowly

   “For whom the bell tolls”

   Broaderring
2. 2.

   charge a fee for using

   “Toll the bridges into New York City”

   Broaderlevy

Other forms of toll

plural

tolls·

past tense

tolled·

present participle

tolling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about toll

What does toll mean?

toll means "a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in toll?

toll has 1 syllable: toll. In IPA it is /ˈtoʊl/.

What is another word for toll?

Close synonyms include price, cost, bell. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is toll a common word?

toll is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with toll?

1 word rhymes with toll. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.