~ 1 [ təʊl ]
■ noun
1》 a charge payable to use a bridge or road.
↘ N. Amer. a charge for a long-distance telephone call.
2》 the number of deaths or casualties arising from an accident, disaster, etc.
3》 an adverse effect.
■ verb [usu. as noun ~ing ] charge a ~ for the use of (a bridge or road).
Phrases
take its ~ (or take a heavy ~ ) have an adverse effect.
Origin
OE, from med. L. toloneum , alt. of late L. teloneum , from Gk telōnion '~ house', from telos 'tax'.
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~ 2 [ təʊl ]
■ verb (with reference to a bell) sound or cause to sound with a slow, uniform succession of strokes.
↘(of a bell) announce (the time, a service, or a person's death) in this way.
■ noun a single ring of a bell.
Origin
ME: prob. a special use of dialect ~ 'drag, pull'.