Definition: 1. A fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance). 2. Value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something. 3. The sound of a bell being struck. 4. Ring slowly. 5. Charge a fee for using.
Use 'toll' in a sentence:
1. a high exchange rate took a heavy toll on industry.
2. They take a similar toll of resources in other industrial nations and in the cities of the developing world.
3. The Israeli study suggests that doing so may be best for the baby, but may take a toll on mom.
4. The revolution tolled the death knell for the Russian monarchy.
5. The bell began to toll the moment the hour and minute hands coincided.
6. There are fears that the casualty toll may be higher.
7. The daily toll of casualties has dropped off sharply.
8. Raising 6 children during the difficult times of the Great Depression took its toll on my parents' relationship and resulted in their divorce when I was 18 years old.
9. That battle took a heavy toll of the Taiping troops for they were attacked front and rear.
10. Official reports put the death toll at under one hundred, but unofficial estimates speak of at least two hundred dead.
11. The last few years have taken a toll not only on his family's finances, but also on his feelings of self worth.
12. Higher fuel prices took their toll.
13. Death toll from Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines rose to 3,637, after the strongest storm this year destroyed the central part of the country on Nov. 8, 2013.
14. After six weeks of uncertainty, the strain was beginning to take its toll.
15. Illness had taken a heavy toll on her.
16. This has taken a great toll on me personally and professionally.
17. Most people who drive the toll roads don't use them every day.
18. The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets.
19. The emerging system through which private companies maintain toll roads in some states is a classic BOT model.
20. Collection of this year's road toll has already been started.
21. Bells were tolled all over the country at the King's death.
22. Apparently, unpredictable noise produces more fatigue than predictable noise, but it takes a while for this fatigue to take its toll on performance.
23. Figures are not yet available but it is believed that the death toll could be as high as 300, with hundreds more injured.
24. The last few years have taken a toll not only on his family's finances, but also on his feelings of self-worth.
25. It has slashed the cost of toll roads to almost one-tenth of the normal level, attracting yet more people on to fume-choked roads.
26. Every entrance ticket lists a toll-free number for counseling from the Indiana Department of Mental Health.
27. "These are very tough times for hardworking families, but the toll would be far worse if we had not acted," he said.
28. The strain of a violent ground campaign will exact a toll on troops.
29. Their loveliness masks the toll exacted by the gravitational pull of their large bodies and the strain of daily survival.
30. The decision was made as Israel pressed its air and ground offensive amid a rising civilian death toll and international efforts to halt the violence.
31. Pay the toll for the driver behind you. 3.
32. Massive floods, long droughts, hurricanes and severe monsoons take their toll each year, destroying millions of tons of valuable crops.
33. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
34. We do not toll for little Kay; we do not know him.
35. The pilgrims tolled the bell.
36. Glimmers of hope, however, are beginning to emerge in this bruising environment: Americans are becoming aware of the toll their jobs take on them, and employers are exploring ways to alleviate the harmful effects of stress and overwork.
37. Clarke says his team could have lasted another 15 days before fatigue would have begun to take a toll.
38. Higher peak temperatures are also expected to take a heavy toll on food producers.
39. 'It's almost eight o'clock.' As if on cue the bell in the chapel began to toll for Matins.
40. The death toll was initially reported at around 250, but was later revised to 300.
41. Through careful preparation, the death toll from a super tropical storm in November 2007 was less than 3,500.
42. The official death toll has now reached 7 000.
43. The problem is "decision fatigue," a psychological phenomenon that takes a toll on the quality of your choices after a long day of decision making, says Evan Polman, a leading psychologist.
44. The Abbey bell tolled for those killed in the war.
45. The bell tolled the hour.
46. You can pay a toll to drive on Pike's Peak Highway or relax and take the Pike's Peak Cog Railway.
47. The death toll continues to mount.
48. Church bells tolled and black flags fluttered.
49. The death toll continues to rise from yesterday's earthquake.
50. Stress is taking a significant toll on our health, and the collective public health cost may be enormous.
51. the second highest annual murder toll in that city's history.
