Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1400-1500
Origin: Probably from Old English -tyllan 'to pull'

toll

2 verb
     
Related topics: Textures, Sounds
toll2 [intransitive and transitive]
CS if a large bell tolls, or if you toll it, it keeps ringing slowly, especially to show that someone has died
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary results for "toll"
Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary