Toll n. 1.A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.
2.(Sax. & O. Eng. Law) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
3.A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
Toll and team (O. Eng. Law), the privilege of having a market, and jurisdiction of villeins.
Toll bar, a bar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers.
Toll bridge, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it.
Toll corn, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill.
Toll dish, a dish for measuring toll in mills.
Toll gatherer, a man who takes, or gathers, toll.
Toll hop, a toll dish. (Obs.)
Toll thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost.
Toll traverse (Eng. Law), toll taken by an individual for beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for passing over the private ground, bridge, ferry, or the like, of another.
Toll turn (Eng. Law), a toll paid at the return of beasts from market, though they were not sold.
Synonyms: Tax; custom; duty; impost.
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