tolls

Noun

toll (plural tolls)

1. A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
   • Meanwhile, the tolls dispute had gone to the courts, and the E.L.R. was completely successful when, in 1856, the House of Lords awarded it the sum of £30,000 against the L.Y.R. for tolls overcharged.1957 October, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 726
2. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
   • The war has taken its toll on the people.
3. A fee paid by the owner of materials or other goods for processing such goods, as under a tolling agreement.
   • toll ore refining; toll manufacturing
4. (broadly) A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
   • We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.
5. (US) A tollbooth.
   • We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.
6. (UK, obsolete) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

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