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Meaning Of Toll
v. t.
To take away; to vacate; to annul.
v. t.
To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.
v. t.
To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and
uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell.
v. t.
To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to
ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend.
v. t.
To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.
v. i.
To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly
repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to
announce the death of a person.
n.
The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly
repeated.
n.
A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for
the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of
vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
n.
A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
n.
A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for
grinding.