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toll

 
/toʊl/ n [C] (MONEY)

Definition

an amount of money that you have to pay to travel along some main roads, to cross bridges, etc., or to make telephone calls over long distances: They’re raising the bridge toll to $5.00. The number you dialed is a toll call – please deposit an additional fifty cents.
(Definition of toll n (MONEY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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