I.
noun
1 money that you pay to use a road, bridge, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ highway ( in the US ), motorway ( in the UK ), road
VERB + TOLL
▪ charge , collect , exact , impose , levy
▪
the possibility of imposing ~s on some roads
▪ pay
TOLL + NOUN
▪ bridge , highway ( in the US ), motorway ( in the UK ), road
▪ booth (usually tollbooth ) , plaza , station (both AmE )
▪ charge
2 amount of damage done/number of people killed
ADJECTIVE
▪ devastating , enormous , great , heavy , high , huge , terrible , tragic
▪ mounting , rising
▪
the mounting death ~
▪ final
▪ casualty , death , injury ( esp. BrE )
▪ civilian , human
▪ emotional , physical , psychological
VERB + TOLL
▪ exact , take
▪
The pressure of fame can take a terrible ~.
▪
The recession is taking its ~.
▪ estimate
TOLL + VERB
▪ mount , rise
▪
The death ~ from yesterday's crash is still rising.
▪ reach sth
▪
The casualty ~ could reach 200.
▪ stand at sth
▪
The death ~ stands at 37.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
Illness has taken a heavy ~ on her.
PHRASES
▪ bring the ~ to
▪
This brings the death ~ to 86.
▪ put the ~ at
▪
The latest estimates put the death ~ at 15 000.
II.
verb
Toll is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ bell