toll

See also töll, and Tõll

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /təʊl/, /tɒl/
• (US) IPA: /toʊl/, /tɒl/
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Etymology 1

From Middle English tol, tolle, from Old English tol, toll, toln (“toll, duty, custom”), from Proto-Germanic *tullō (“what is counted or told”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”). Cognate with Dutch tol (“toll”), German Zoll (“toll, duty, customs”), Danish told (“toll, duty, tariff”), Swedish tull (“toll, customs”), Icelandic tollur (“toll”), Latin dolus (“trick, deception”). More at tell, tale.

Alternate etymology derives Old English toll from Medieval Latin tolōneum, tolōnium, alteration (due to the Germanic forms above) of Latin telōneum, from Ancient Greek τελώνιον (“toll-house”) from τέλος (telos, “tax”).

Noun

toll (plural tolls)

1. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.

   The war has taken its toll on the people.

2. A fee for using a transportation facility such a road, bridge, or ferry.
3. (business) A fee for using any kind of material processing service.

   We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.

4. (US) A tollbooth.

   We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.

Derived terms

terms derived from toll (charge)

death toll toll road toll bridge

toll booth toller tollgate

Translations

loss or damage

Chinese: 损失 (sǔnshī), 伤亡 (shāngwáng) Dutch: tol (nl)

Finnish: vero (fi) Macedonian: жртви (mk) (ž'rtvi) f. pl.

fee for using roads and bridges

Chinese: Traditional: 通行費 (tōngxíng fèi) Simplified: 通行费 (tōngxíng fèi); 过路费 (guò lùfèi); 过桥费 (guò qiáofèi) Crimean Tatar: bedel Czech: mýtné (cs) n., mýto (cs) n. Dutch: tol (nl) f. Finnish: maksu (fi), tulli (fi)

French: péage (fr) m. German: Abgabe (de) f., Maut (de) f. (roads, tunnels, etc.) Italian: pedaggio (it) m., dazio (it) m. Macedonian: патарина (mk) (patárina) f. (for roads), мостарина (mk) (mostárina) f. (for bridges) Portuguese: pedágio (pt) m. (Brazil), portagem (pt) f. (Portugal) Spanish: peaje (es) m.

business

Finnish: yksikköhinta (fi)

tollbooth — see tollbooth

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

Greek: φόρος (el) (fóros) m. Hebrew: אגרה (he) (agra) f. Japanese: 通行料 (tsūkōryō)

Korean: 통행세 (tonghaengse) Old English: toll (ang) n. Russian: пошлина (ru) (póšlina) f.

Verb

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 or something).
3. (transitive) To take as a toll.

Translations

to impose a fee

Finnish: tehdä maksulliseksi (fi)

to levy a toll

Finnish: määrätä (fi) maksu (fi)

to take as a toll

Finnish: rahastaa (fi)

Etymology 2

Probably the same as Etymology 3. Possibly related to or influenced by toil

Noun

toll (plural tolls)

1. The act or sound of tolling

Translations

act or sound of tolling

Finnish: soittaminen (fi) (act), soitto (fi) (sound)

Verb

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

1. To summon by ringing a bell.

   The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers.

2. To make the noise of a bell

   For whom the bell tolls.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops

     From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.

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

   The bells tolled the King’s death.

Derived terms

• toller

Translations

to summon by ringing a bell

Finnish: soittaa (fi)

to make the noise of a bell

Chinese: Traditional: 敲 (qiāo) Simplified: 敲(钟), 鸣(钟) Czech: zvonit (cs) Finnish: soittaa (fi) (transitive), soida (fi) (intransitive) French: sonner (fr)

German: läuten (de) Italian: suonare (it) Macedonian: ѕвони (mk) (dzvóni) Portuguese: anunciar (pt), badalar (pt) Russian: позвонить (pozvonít’) Spanish: tocar (es)

to ring a bell slowly and repeatedly

Finnish: soittaa (fi)

to announce by tolling

Finnish: soittaa (fi)

Etymology 3

From Middle English tolen, tollen, variation of tullen, tillen (“to draw, allure, entice”), from Old English *tyllan, *tillan (“to pull, draw, attract”) (found in compounds fortyllan (“to seduce, lead astray, draw away from the mark, deceive”) and betyllan, betillan (“to lure, decoy”)), related to Old Frisian tilla (“to lift, raise”), Dutch tillen (“to lift, raise, weigh, buy”), Low German tillen (“to lift, remove”), Swedish dialectal tille (“to take up, appropriate”).

Alternative forms

• tole, toal

Verb

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To draw; pull; tug; drag.
2. (transitive) To tear in pieces.
3. (transitive) To draw; entice; invite; allure.

   Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady"

4. (transitive) To lure with bait (especially, fish and animals).

Synonyms

• (to lure animals): bait, lure

Translations

entice — see entice

to lure with bait

Finnish: narrata (fi)

Etymology 4

From Latin tollere

Verb

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

1. (law, obsolete) To take away; to vacate; to annul.
2. (law) To suspend.

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

Translations

legal:to suspend

Finnish: siirtää (fi)

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Catalan

Noun

toll m. (plural tolls)

1. pool, puddle

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German

Etymology

Old High German tol

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɔl/

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Adjective

toll

1. crazy
2. great

Declension

positive forms of toll

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist toll	sie ist toll	es ist toll	sie sind toll
strong declension (without article)	nominative	toller	tolle	tolles	tolle
	genitive	tollen	toller	tollen	toller
	dative	tollem	toller	tollem	tollen
	accusative	tollen	tolle	tolles	tolle
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der tolle	die tolle	das tolle	die tollen
	genitive	des tollen	der tollen	des tollen	der tollen
	dative	dem tollen	der tollen	dem tollen	den tollen
	accusative	den tollen	die tolle	das tolle	die tollen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein toller	eine tolle	ein tolles	(keine) tollen
	genitive	eines tollen	einer tollen	eines tollen	(keiner) tollen
	dative	einem tollen	einer tollen	einem tollen	(keinen) tollen
	accusative	einen tollen	eine tolle	ein tolles	(keine) tollen

comparative forms of toll

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist toller	sie ist toller	es ist toller	sie sind toller
strong declension (without article)	nominative	tollerer	tollere	tolleres	tollere
	genitive	tolleren	tollerer	tolleren	tollerer
	dative	tollerem	tollerer	tollerem	tolleren
	accusative	tolleren	tollere	tolleres	tollere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der tollere	die tollere	das tollere	die tolleren
	genitive	des tolleren	der tolleren	des tolleren	der tolleren
	dative	dem tolleren	der tolleren	dem tolleren	den tolleren
	accusative	den tolleren	die tollere	das tollere	die tolleren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein tollerer	eine tollere	ein tolleres	(keine) tolleren
	genitive	eines tolleren	einer tolleren	eines tolleren	(keiner) tolleren
	dative	einem tolleren	einer tolleren	einem tolleren	(keinen) tolleren
	accusative	einen tolleren	eine tollere	ein tolleres	(keine) tolleren

superlative forms of toll

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am tollsten	sie ist am tollsten	es ist am tollsten	sie sind am tollsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	tollster	tollste	tollstes	tollste
	genitive	tollsten	tollster	tollsten	tollster
	dative	tollstem	tollster	tollstem	tollsten
	accusative	tollsten	tollste	tollstes	tollste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der tollste	die tollste	das tollste	die tollsten
	genitive	des tollsten	der tollsten	des tollsten	der tollsten
	dative	dem tollsten	der tollsten	dem tollsten	den tollsten
	accusative	den tollsten	die tollste	das tollste	die tollsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein tollster	eine tollste	ein tollstes	(keine) tollsten
	genitive	eines tollsten	einer tollsten	eines tollsten	(keiner) tollsten
	dative	einem tollsten	einer tollsten	einem tollsten	(keinen) tollsten
	accusative	einen tollsten	eine tollste	ein tollstes	(keine) tollsten

See also

• cool
• geil

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *tulka (“feather, wing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtolː/

Noun

toll (plural tollak)

1. feather
2. pen

Declension

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

Derived terms

• írótoll
• tollas
• tolltartó

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [t̪ˠoːl̪ˠ], [t̪ˠɔl̪ˠ]

Verb

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

1. to bore, pierce, perforate

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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Old English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tolː/

Noun

toll n.

1. tax, toll, fare

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

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

Derived terms

• toll-putain
• tolltach

Verb

toll (verbal noun tolladh)

1. bore, piece, drill, perforate

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Skolt Sami

Noun

toll

1. fire