B2nountransportmoney
US/toʊl/
UK/təʊl/
money you pay to use a road or bridge; also the deaths or damage that something causes
In context
Drivers on the new expressway pay a toll at every exit.
The death toll from the floods in central Vietnam rose to forty overnight.
Years of night shifts had taken a heavy toll on his health.
Words that go with toll
noun + noun
- death tollThe death toll from the typhoon is expected to rise.
- toll roadWe avoided the toll road and took the slower coastal route.
- toll boothA long line of cars waited at the toll booth before the holiday.
verb + noun
- take a tollLong commutes can take a toll on family life.
- pay a tollTrucks pay a higher toll than cars on this bridge.
adjective + noun
- heavy tollThe heatwave took a heavy toll on farmers in the Mekong Delta.