Toll

n. [A-S. toll, O. Sax. tol, tolna, O. Fries. tolne, tolene, tolen, O. L. Ger. toln, L. Ger. toll, D. tol, Icel. tollr, Sw. tull, Dan. told, O. H. Ger. zol, N. H. Ger. zoll, L. Lat. telon, teloneum, tolnetum, from Lat. telonium, teloneum, Gr. τελώνιον, a toll-house, custom-house, from τέλος, a tax, duty, toll.]

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. (Anglo-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. Burrill.—Toll-thorough (Eng. Law), toll taken by a town for beasts driven through it, or over a bridge or ferry maintained at its cost. Brande.—Toll-traverse, toll taken by an individual for beasts driven across his ground; toll paid by a person for passing over the private soil, bridge, ferry, &c., of another. Brande. Craig.—Toll-turn, a toll paid at the return of beasts from market, though they were not sold. Burrill. Syn.—Tax; custom; duty; impost.

(Synop., § 130), v. t. [Lat. tollere. Cf. Tol.]

1. (Law.) To take away; to vacate; to annul.
2. To draw. See TOLE. Bacon.

v. i. [Icel. tolla, to tax, to weigh, Sw. tulla, Dan. tolde. See supra.] [Rare.]

1. To pay toll or tallage. Shak.
2. To take toll, as a miller.

No Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our dominion. Shak.