toll


 * toll** 2

 / toʊl /    [ tohl ]    , **//–verb (used with object)//**
 * 1. || to cause (a large bell) to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as for summoning a congregation to church, or esp. for announcing a death. ||


 * 2. || to sound or strike (a knell, the hour, etc.) by such strokes: In the distance Big Ben tolled five. ||


 * 3. || to announce by this means; ring a knell for (a dying or dead person). ||


 * 4. || to summon or dismiss by tolling. ||


 * 5. || to lure or decoy (game) by arousing curiosity. ||

**–verb (used without object)** **//–noun//**
 * 6. || to allure; entice: He tolls us on with fine promises. ||
 * 7. || to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as a bell. ||
 * 8. || the act of tolling a bell. ||


 * 9. || one of the strokes made in tolling a bell. ||


 * 10. || the sound made. ||

Toll can also mean a price for passage or a penance must be paid.