1 [C] money that you pay to use a particular road or bridge:
motorway tolls * a toll road / bridge
2 [C,usually sing.] the amount of damage or the number of deaths and injuries that are caused in a particular war, disaster, etc:
The official death toll has now reached 7000. * the war's growing casualty toll * Every hour, the news bulletin reported the mounting toll of casualties.
3 [sing.] the sound of a bell ringing with slow regular strokes
4 [C] (AmE) a charge for a telephone call that is calculated at a higher rate than a local call
IDIOMS
take a heavy toll (on sb/sth)
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