toll

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Derived terms 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.1.3 Verb 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.3 Verb 1.2.3.1 Derived terms 1.2.3.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Verb 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 3 German 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Adjective 3.4 See also 4 Hungarian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 4.2.2 Derived terms 5 Irish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Verb 5.2.1 Mutation 6 Old English 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 7 Scottish Gaelic 7.1 Noun 7.2 Verb

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English toll, apparently from Late Latin tolōneum, from Latin telōneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον (“‘toll-house’”). Compare Dutch tol, German Zoll, Swedish tull.

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• (UK) IPA: /təʊl/, /tɒl/
• (General) IPA: /toʊl/, /tɒl/

  Rhymes: -əʊl

[edit] Noun

toll (plural tolls)

1. A fee for using something, esp. of roads and bridges
2. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster

   The war has taken its toll on the people.

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to toll (third-person singular simple present tolls, present participle tolling, simple past and past participle tolled)

1. (transitive) To impose a fee for the use of.

   Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges.

2. (transitive) To levy a toll on (someone).
3. (transitive) To take as a toll.

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From Old English tollian, related to fortyllan (seduce).

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• (RP) IPA: /təʊl/
• (General) IPA: /toʊl/

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toll (plural tolls)

1. The act or sound of tolling

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to toll (third-person singular simple present tolls, present participle tolling, simple past and past participle tolled)

1. To make the noise of a bell

   For whom the bell tolls.

2. To ring a bell slowly and repeatedly
3. To announce by tolling

   The bells tolled the King’s death.

4. (law) To suspend

   The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant’s wrongful conduct.

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• toller

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[edit] Etymology 3

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to toll (third-person singular simple present tolls, present participle tolling, simple past and past participle tolled)

1. To entice.

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toll

1. pool

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[edit] German

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Old High German tol

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toll

1. crazy
2. great

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• cool
• geil

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtolː/

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toll (plural tollak)

1. feather
2. pen

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declension of toll singular plural nominative toll tollak accusative tollat tollakat dative tollnak tollaknak instrumental tollal tollakkal causal-final tollért tollakért translative tollá tollakká terminative tollig tollakig essive-formal tollként tollakként essive-modal - - inessive tollban tollakban superessive tollon tollakon adessive tollnál tollaknál illative tollba tollakba sublative tollra tollakra allative tollhoz tollakhoz elative tollból tollakból delative tollról tollakról ablative tolltól tollaktól

possessives of toll possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. tollam tollaim 2nd person sing. tollad tollaid 3rd person sing. tolla tollai 1st person plural tollunk tollaink 2nd person plural tollatok tollaitok 3rd person plural tolluk tollaik

[edit] Derived terms

• írótoll
• tollas
• tolltartó

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [t̪ˠoːl̪ˠ], [t̪ˠɔl̪ˠ]

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toll (present tollann, past tholl, future tollfaidh, conditional thollfadh, past participle tollta, verbal noun tolladh)

1. to bore, pierce, perforate

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
toll	tholl	dtoll
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Old English

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Borrowed into Germanic (*tolla-) from vulgar Latin toloneum, from late Latin teloneum, from Greek τελώνιον ‘toll-house’, from τέλος ‘tax’. Germanic cognates include Old Saxon tol (Dutch tol), Old High German zol (German Zoll), Old Norse tollr (Swedish tull). See also parallel forms represented by Old English toln.

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• IPA: /tol:/

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toll n

1. tax, toll, fare

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toll m. (genitive and plural tuill)

1. hole, cavity, puncture, hollow
2. crevice, perforation
3. pit
4. socket
5. hold of a ship
6. (vulgar) arse

[edit] Verb

toll

1. To bore, piece, drill, or perforate