Tole vs. Toll

Tole vs. Toll — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Tole and Toll

Tolenoun

(uncountable) A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded

Tollnoun

Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.

The war has taken its toll on the people.

Tolenoun

(uncommon) tola unit of mass

Tollnoun

A fee 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, etc.

Tolenoun

(historical) A portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it.

Tollnoun

(business) A fee for using any kind of material processing service.

We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.
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Toleverb

(archaic) To entice; to allure or attract.

It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...

Tollnoun

(US) A tollbooth.

We will be replacing some manned tolls with high-speed device readers.

Tolenoun

enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century;

the Pennsylvania Dutch tole watering can might be a reproduction but it looks convincing

Tollnoun

A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

Tollnoun

A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

Tollnoun

The act or sound of tolling

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Tollverb

(transitive) To impose a fee for the use of.

Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges.

Tollverb

(ambitransitive) To levy a toll on (someone or something).

Tollverb

(transitive) To take as a toll.

Tollverb

To pay a toll or tallage.

Tollverb

(ergative) To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.

Martin tolled the great bell every day.Ask not for whom the bell tolls.

Tollverb

(transitive) To summon by ringing a bell.

The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers.

Tollverb

(transitive) To announce by tolling.

The bells tolled the King’s death.

Tollverb

To draw; pull; tug; drag.

Tollverb

(transitive) To tear in pieces.

Tollverb

(transitive) To draw; entice; invite; allure.

Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady"

Tollverb

(transitive) To lure with bait (especially, fish and animals).

Tollverb

To take away; to vacate; to annul.

Tollverb

(legal) To suspend.

The defendant’s wrongful conduct.

Tollnoun

a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)

Tollnoun

value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something;

the cost in human life was enormousthe price of success is hard workwhat price glory?

Tollnoun

the sound of a bell being struck;

saved by the bellshe heard the distant toll of church bells

Tollverb

ring slowly;

For whom the bell tolls

Tollverb

charge a fee for using;

Toll the bridges into New York City