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toll-free

toll-free adjective: of a road or highway, free to use; not requiring payment of a toll to use.

Adjective

toll-free (not comparable)

  1. Of a road or highway, free to use; not requiring payment of a toll to use.
    • The world is a toll-free toilet / Our mouths neurological assholes / And psychologically speaking / We're in a state of mental diarrhea1978, Funkadelic, “Promentalshitbackwashpsychosis Enema Squad (The Doo Doo Chasers)”, in One Nation Under a Groove
  2. (US) Of a phone call, without an additional toll, especially for a long-distance charge.
    • Call now. The call is toll-free. Operators are standing by.

Adverb

toll-free (not comparable)

  1. (US) Of a phone call, without an additional toll, especially for a long-distance charge.
    • You can call us toll-free anytime. Operators are standing by.

Origin of toll-free

From toll + -free. Compare Saterland Frisian tolfräi (“toll-free”), West Frisian tolfrij (“toll-free”), Dutch tolvrij (“toll-free”), German zollfrei (“toll-free”), Swedish tullfri (“toll-free”), Norwegian tollfri (“toll-free”).

Questions about toll-free

What does toll-free mean?
Toll-free means of a road or highway, free to use; not requiring payment of a toll to use.
What part of speech is toll-free?
Toll-free can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near toll-free in the dictionary

  1. toll shops
  2. toll-bar
  3. toll-bars
  4. toll-collector
  5. toll-collectors
  6. toll-free
  7. toll-like
  8. toll-like receptor
  9. toll-like receptors
  10. tollable
  11. tollage

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