toll
nounUK /təʊl/
US /toʊl/
Money you pay to drive on some roads or cross some bridges.
We paid a toll to cross the big bridge.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The number of people hurt or killed in an accident or disaster.
The storm took a heavy toll on the town.
3. To ring a bell slowly and repeatedly.
The church bells tolled at noon.
4. The sound a large bell makes when it rings slowly.
We heard the toll of the bell across the valley.