TOLL
Toll, n. Etym: [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)
Defn: 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
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.
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Toll, v. t.