toll
Từ điển Collocation
toll noun
1 money that you pay to use a road, bridge, etc.
ADJ. motorway, road
VERB + TOLL charge, collect, exact, impose, levy the possibility of imposing tolls on some motorways | pay
TOLL + NOUN bridge, motorway, road | booth | charge
2 amount of damage done/number of people killed
ADJ. great, heavy, terrible, tragic | casualty, death, injury | human
VERB + TOLL take The pressure of fame can take a terrible toll. The recession is taking its toll.
TOLL + VERB mount, rise The death toll from yesterday's crash is still rising. | reach sth The casualty toll could reach 200.
PREP. ~ on Illness has taken a heavy toll on her.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
- value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something; price, cost
the cost in human life was enormous
the price of success is hard work
what price glory?
- the sound of a bell being struck; bell
saved by the bell
she heard the distant toll of church bells
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
tolls|tolled|tolling
syn.: assessment charge chime duty fare fee jingle levy peal revenue ring tariff tax tinkle tithe