toll

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• /təʊl/
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• /tɒl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [t(h)əʊ̯ɫ]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [t(h)ɒʊ̯ɫ]
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• Received-Pronunciation: [t(h)ɒɫ]
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• British, Southern, Standard: [thɔwɫ]
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• British, Southern, Standard: [thɔɫ]
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• Canada: [t(h)oːɫ]
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• Canada: [t(h)ɔ(ː)ɫ]
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• US: [tho(ʊ̯)ɫ]
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• US: [thɑ(ː)ɫ]
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• Scotland: [t(h)oɫ]
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• Scotland: [t(h)ɔɫ]
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• Wales: [t(h)ou̯ɫ] without the toe–tow merger
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• Wales: [t(h)ɒɫ] without the toe–tow merger
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• rhymes with -əʊl
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• homophone: tole (toe–tow merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: T OW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* As an English surname, variant of Towle, Tole. * As a German surname, from the adjective toll, meaning both "wonderful" and "crazy, mad." Also shortened from Bartholomäus. * As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol, sometimes shortened from Van Toll.

From Middle English toll, tol, tolle, from Old English toll m or n and toln f (“toll, duty, custom”), from Proto-West Germanic *toll, *tolnu, from Proto-Germanic *tullaz, *tullō (“that which is counted or told, reckoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“calculation, fraud”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tol (“toll”), Dutch tol (“toll”), German Zoll (“toll, duty, customs”), Danish told (“toll, duty, tariff”), Swedish tull (“toll, customs”), Icelandic tollur (“toll, customs”). 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 (telṓnion, “toll-house”), from τέλος (télos, “tax”).

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

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”).

From Latin tollō (“to lift up”).

174 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: tol — fee for using roads and bridges
• Arabic: رَسْم (rasm) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Asturian: pealgu — fee for using roads and bridges
• Basque: bidesari — fee for using roads and bridges
• Basque: zubisari — fee for using roads and bridges
• Belarusian: даро́жны збор (daróžny zbor) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Belarusian: по́шліна (póšlina) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Belarusian: мы́та (mýta) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Bulgarian: пъ́тна та́кса (pǎ́tna táksa) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Catalan: peatge — fee for using roads and bridges
• Catalan: portatge — fee for using roads and bridges
• Catalan: pontatge — fee for using roads and bridges
• Chinese Mandarin: 通行費 /通行费 (tōngxíng fèi) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Chinese Mandarin: 過路費 /过路费 (guòlù fèi) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Chinese Mandarin: 過橋費 /过桥费 (guòqiáo fèi) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Crimean Tatar: bedel — fee for using roads and bridges
• Czech: mýtné — fee for using roads and bridges
• Czech: mýto — fee for using roads and bridges
• Danish: bompenge — fee for using roads and bridges
• Dutch: tol — fee for using roads and bridges
• Finnish: maksu — fee for using roads and bridges
• Finnish: tulli — fee for using roads and bridges
• French: péage — fee for using roads and bridges
• Galician: peaxe — fee for using roads and bridges
• Galician: pedaxe — fee for using roads and bridges
• Galician: portaxe — fee for using roads and bridges
• Galician: portádego — fee for using roads and bridges
• Georgian: ბაჟი (baži) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Georgian: გადასახადი (gadasaxadi) — fee for using roads and bridges
• German: Abgabe — fee for using roads and bridges
• German: Maut — fee for using roads and bridges
• Greek: διόδια (diódia) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Ancient Greek: τέλεσμα (télesma) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Hebrew: אַגְרָה (agrá) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Hindi: पथकर (pathkar) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Hungarian: útdíj — fee for using roads and bridges
• Hungarian: vám — fee for using roads and bridges
• Indonesian: tol — fee for using roads and bridges
• Italian: pedaggio — fee for using roads and bridges
• Italian: dazio — fee for using roads and bridges
• Japanese: 通行料金 (tsūkō ryōkin) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Japanese: 通行料 (tsūkōryō) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Japanese: 有料 (yūryō) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Korean: 통행료 (tonghaengnyo) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Latin: portōrium — fee for using roads and bridges
• Low German: Toll — fee for using roads and bridges
• Macedonian: патарина (patarina) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Macedonian: мостарина (mostarina) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Norwegian Bokmål: bompenger — fee for using roads and bridges
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bompengar — fee for using roads and bridges
• Old English: toll — fee for using roads and bridges
• Polish: myto — fee for using roads and bridges
• Polish: opłata drogowa — fee for using roads and bridges
• Portuguese: pedágio — fee for using roads and bridges
• Portuguese: portagem — fee for using roads and bridges
• Portuguese: passagem — fee for using roads and bridges
• Romanian: peaj — fee for using roads and bridges
• Russian: пла́та (pláta) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Russian: сбор (sbor) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Russian: по́шлина (póšlina) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Serbo-Croatian: цеста̀рина — fee for using roads and bridges
• Serbo-Croatian: путарина — fee for using roads and bridges
• Serbo-Croatian: cestàrina — fee for using roads and bridges
• Serbo-Croatian: putarina — fee for using roads and bridges
• Slovak: mýtne — fee for using roads and bridges
• Slovak: mýto — fee for using roads and bridges
• Slovene: cestnina — fee for using roads and bridges
• Slovene: mostnina — fee for using roads and bridges
• Spanish: peaje — fee for using roads and bridges
• Spanish: portazgo — fee for using roads and bridges
• Spanish: pontazgo — fee for using roads and bridges
• Spanish: pontaje — fee for using roads and bridges
• Spanish: montazgo — fee for using roads and bridges
• Swedish: vägavgift — fee for using roads and bridges
• Swedish: vägtull — fee for using roads and bridges
• Swedish: broavgift — fee for using roads and bridges
• Ottoman Turkish: باج (bac) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Ukrainian: доро́жній збір (doróžnij zbir) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Ukrainian: збір (zbir) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Ukrainian: опла́та (opláta) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Ukrainian: ми́то (mýto) — fee for using roads and bridges
• Vietnamese: (lệ) phí cầu đường — fee for using roads and bridges
• Arabic: خَسَائِر (ḵasāʔir) — loss or damage
• Belarusian: стра́ты (stráty) — loss or damage
• Belarusian: ахвя́ры (axvjáry) — loss or damage
• Bulgarian: же́ртви (žértvi) — loss or damage
• Bulgarian: за́губи (zágubi) — loss or damage
• Chinese Mandarin: 損失 /损失 (sǔnshī) — loss or damage
• Chinese Mandarin: 傷亡 /伤亡 (shāngwáng) — loss or damage
• Dutch: tol — loss or damage
• Finnish: vero — loss or damage
• French: perte — loss or damage
• Georgian: დანაკარგი (danaḳargi) — loss or damage
• Georgian: მსხვერპლი (msxverṗli) — loss or damage
• German: Verluste — loss or damage
• Hindi: क्षतिपूर्ति (kṣatipūrti) — loss or damage
• Hungarian: áldozat — loss or damage
• Japanese: 損失 (sonjitsu) — loss or damage
• Korean: 손실 (sonsil) — loss or damage
• Macedonian: жртви (žrtvi) — loss or damage
• Portuguese: perda — loss or damage
• Russian: поте́ри (potéri) — loss or damage
• Russian: же́ртвы (žértvy) — loss or damage
• Ukrainian: втра́ти (vtráty) — loss or damage
• Ukrainian: же́ртви (žértvy) — loss or damage
• Finnish: yksikköhinta — business
• French: domage — business
• Hebrew: אַגְרָה (agrá) — business
• Bulgarian: камбанен звън (kambanen zvǎn) — act or sound of tolling
• Finnish: soittaminen — act or sound of tolling
• Finnish: soitto — act or sound of tolling
• French: sonnerie — act or sound of tolling
• Hungarian: harangszó — act or sound of tolling
• Hungarian: harangzúgás — act or sound of tolling
• Hungarian: kongás — act or sound of tolling
• Hungarian: kongatás — act or sound of tolling
• Russian: звон (zvon) — act or sound of tolling
• Russian: бла́говест (blágovest) — act or sound of tolling
• Swedish: kimning — act or sound of tolling
• Bulgarian: взимам такса (vzimam taksa) — to impose a fee
• Finnish: tehdä maksulliseksi — to impose a fee
• French: taxer — to impose a fee
• Hungarian: díjat szed — to impose a fee
• Hungarian: díjat számít fel — to impose a fee
• Bulgarian: налагам мито (nalagam mito) — to levy a toll
• Finnish: määrätä maksu — to levy a toll
• Hungarian: vámol — to levy a toll
• Hungarian: megvámol — to levy a toll
• Bulgarian: взимам жертви (vzimam žertvi) — to take as a toll
• Finnish: rahastaa — to take as a toll
• Bulgarian: бия (bija) — to make the noise of a bell
• Chinese Mandarin: 敲 (qiāo) — to make the noise of a bell
• Chinese Mandarin: 鳴 /鸣 (míng) — to make the noise of a bell
• Czech: zvonit — to make the noise of a bell
• Dutch: luiden — to make the noise of a bell
• Finnish: soittaa — to make the noise of a bell
• Finnish: soida — to make the noise of a bell
• French: sonner — to make the noise of a bell
• Georgian: რეკვა (reḳva) — to make the noise of a bell
• German: läuten — to make the noise of a bell
• Hungarian: kong — to make the noise of a bell
• Hungarian: szól — to make the noise of a bell
• Hungarian: zúg — to make the noise of a bell
• Ido: tinklar — to make the noise of a bell
• Ingrian: pumissa — to make the noise of a bell
• Italian: suonare — to make the noise of a bell
• Kabuverdianu: rapika — to make the noise of a bell
• Macedonian: ѕво́ни (dzvóni) — to make the noise of a bell
• Māori: pere — to make the noise of a bell
• Portuguese: anunciar — to make the noise of a bell
• Portuguese: badalar — to make the noise of a bell
• Russian: звони́ть (zvonítʹ) — to make the noise of a bell
• Russian: позвони́ть (pozvonítʹ) — to make the noise of a bell
• Spanish: tocar — to make the noise of a bell
• Swedish: klämta — to make the noise of a bell
• Finnish: soittaa — to ring a bell slowly and repeatedly
• French: sonner le glas — to ring a bell slowly and repeatedly
• Galician: badalar — to ring a bell slowly and repeatedly
• Hungarian: kongat — to ring a bell slowly and repeatedly
• Hungarian: megkongat — to ring a bell slowly and repeatedly
• Māori: pere — to ring a bell slowly and repeatedly
• Swedish: kimma — to ring a bell slowly and repeatedly
• Finnish: soittaa — to summon by ringing a bell
• Georgian: რეკვა (reḳva) — to summon by ringing a bell
• Ido: tinklar — to summon by ringing a bell
• Māori: pere — to summon by ringing a bell
• Russian: звони́ть (zvonítʹ) — to summon by ringing a bell
• Russian: позвони́ть (pozvonítʹ) — to summon by ringing a bell
• Finnish: soittaa — to announce by tolling
• Russian: бла́говестить (blágovestitʹ) — to announce by tolling
• Russian: благовести́ть (blagovestítʹ) — to announce by tolling
• Bulgarian: примамвам (primamvam) — to lure with bait
• Finnish: narrata — to lure with bait
• Finnish: siirtää — legal:to suspend