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[noun] value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; "the cost in human life was enormous"; "the price of success is hard work"; "what price glory?"
[noun] a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
[verb] ring recurrently; of bells
[verb] ring slowly, of bells; "For whom the bell tolls"
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\Toll\, v. t. [L. tollere. See {Tolerate}.] (O. Eng. Law) To take away; to vacate; to annul.
\Toll\, v. t. [See {Tole}.] 1. To draw; to entice; to allure. See {Tole}. 2. [Probably the same word as toll to draw, and at first meaning, to ring in order to draw people to church.] To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell. ``The sexton tolled the bell.'' --Hood. 3. To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend. --Shak. Slow tolls the village clock the drowsy hour. --Beattie. 4. To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing. When hollow murmurs of their evening bells Dismiss the sleepy swains, and toll them to their cells. --Dryden.
\Toll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tolled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tolling}.] To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. --Shak. Now sink in sorrows with a tolling bell. --Pope.
\Toll\, n. The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.
\Toll\, n. [OE. tol, AS. toll; akin to OS. & D. tol, G. zoll, OHG. zol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, and also to E. tale; -- originally, that which is counted out in payment. See {Tale} number.] 1. A tax 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, or the like. 2. (Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor. 3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding. {Toll and team} (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a market, and jurisdiction of villeins. --Burrill. {Toll bar}, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers. {Toll bridge}, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it. {Toll corn}, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill. {Toll dish}, a dish for measuring toll in mills. {Toll gatherer}, a man who takes, or gathers, toll. {Toll hop}, a toll dish. [Obs.] --Crabb. {Toll thorough} (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost. --Brande & C. {Toll traverse} (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the like, of another. {Toll turn} (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts from market, though they were not sold. --Burrill. Syn: Tax; custom; duty; impost.
\Toll\, v. i. 1. To pay toll or tallage. [R.] --Shak. 2. To take toll; to raise a tax. [R.] Well could he [the miller] steal corn and toll thrice. --Chaucer. No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our dominions. --Shak.
\Toll\, v. t. To collect, as a toll. --Shak.

Synonyms for toll

cost, peal, price

See also: death toll | fee | knell | ring | value |

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Let's analyse "toll" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: LLOT. Average typing speed for these characters is 1090 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: toll: 6 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: toll: 2 + 6 + 3 + 3 = 14, reduced: 5, and the final result is Five.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
L (2) 12 Hanged Man Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
O (1) 15 Devil Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
T (1) 20 Judgement Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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