TOLLS

5 letters 5 Scrabble points

Definition of TOLLS

noun
  1. Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.

    "The war has taken its toll on the people."

  2. 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.

  3. 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."

verb
  1. To impose a fee for the use of.

    "Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges."

  2. To levy a toll on (someone or something).

  3. To take as a toll.

noun
  1. The act or sound of tolling

verb
  1. To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.

    "Ask not for whom the bell tolls."

  2. To summon by ringing a bell.

    "The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers."

  3. To announce by tolling.

    "The bells tolled the King’s death."

verb
  1. To draw; pull; tug; drag.

  2. To tear in pieces.

  3. To draw; entice; invite; allure.

    "Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady""

Related words: bait lure
verb
  1. To take away; to vacate; to annul.

  2. To suspend.

    "The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant’s wrongful conduct."

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters T O L L S
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 5 points

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