toll

Noun
  1. A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance) (synset 113344771)
    is a type of: fee - a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
  2. Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something (synset 105171334)
    "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"
    is a type of: value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
    subtypes: death toll - the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster
    same as: cost, price
  3. The sound of a bell being struck (synset 107391844)
    "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
    is a type of: sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event
    subtypes:
    • knell - the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
    • angelus, angelus bell - the sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recited
    same as: bell
Verb
  1. Ring slowly (synset 202186419)
    "For whom the bell tolls"
    is a type of: knell, ring - make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
  2. Charge a fee for using (synset 202311708)
    "Toll the bridges into New York City"
    is a type of: impose, levy - impose and collect

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