Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - toll
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1. n. 1 a charge payable for permission to pass a barrier or use a bridge or road etc. 2 the cost or damage caused by a disaster, battle, etc., or incurred in an achievement (death toll). 3 US a charge for a long distance telephone call. Phrases and idioms take its toll be accompanied by loss or injury etc. toll-bridge a bridge at which a toll is charged. toll-gate a gate preventing passage until a toll is paid. toll-house a house at a toll-gate or -bridge, used by a toll-collector. toll-road a road maintained by the tolls collected on it. Etymology: OE f. med.L toloneum f. LL teloneum f. Gk telonion toll-house f. telos tax 2. v. & n. --v. 1 a intr. (of a bell) sound with a slow uniform succession of strokes. b tr. ring (a bell) in this way. c tr. (of a bell) announce or mark (a death etc.) in this way. 2 tr. strike (the hour). --n. 1 the act of tolling. 2 a stroke of a bell. Etymology: ME, special use of (now dial.) toll entice, pull, f. an OE root -tyllan (recorded in fortyllan seduce)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Vulgar Latin *tolonium, alteration of Late Latin telonium customhouse, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of ~s, from telos tax, ~; perhaps akin to Greek tlēnai to bear Date: before 12th century a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge), compensation for services rendered: as, a charge for transportation, a charge for a long-distance telephone call, a grievous or ruinous price , II. verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb to take or levy ~, transitive verb 1. to exact part of as a ~, to take as ~, to exact a ~ from (someone), III. transitive verb or tole (~ed or toled; ~ing or toling) Etymology: Middle English ~en, tolen; akin to Old English fortyllan to seduce Date: 13th century allure, entice, 2. to entice (game) to approach, to attract (fish) with scattered bait, to lead or attract (domestic animals) to a desired point, IV. verb see: toil Date: 15th century transitive verb to sound (a bell) by pulling the rope, 2. to give signal or announcement of , to announce by ~ing , to call to or from a place or occasion , intransitive verb to sound with slow measured strokes , V. noun Date: 15th century the sound of a ~ing bell ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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