toll
UKtoulfriː
UStəul
معنی فارسی
باج ، باج راه ، راهداري ،
سهم اسيابان از غله اي که اسياب کرده است
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Old English 'toll', from Medieval Latin 'tollere', meaning to take or receive.
مثال
- The toll for the bridge is $5.
- They toll the cars that use the highway during peak hours.
- The toll of the disaster was immense, with hundreds of lives lost.
ترکیبهای رایج
Pay a toll Toll booth Toll bridge Toll road Toll charge Toll-free number
تعریف انگلیسی
verb
- a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
- 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?”
- the sound of a bell being struck “saved by the bell” “she heard the distant toll of church bells”
- ring slowly “For whom the bell tolls” “Somebody ----s something”
- charge a fee for using “Toll the bridges into New York City” “Somebody ----s something”
مترادفها
I. noun
Tax (especially on travellers, as in crossing bridges, ferries, etc.), duty, impost, custom.
II. verb active
[Written also Tole.] Allure, draw, draw on.