tolling
verb
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To impose a fee for the use of.
Example: Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges.
To levy a toll on (someone or something).
To take as a toll.
To pay a toll or tallage.
verb
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To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
Example: Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
To summon by ringing a bell.
Example: The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers.
To announce by tolling.
Example: The bells tolled the King’s death.
verb
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To draw; pull; tug; drag.
To tear in pieces.
To draw; entice; invite; allure.
Example: Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady"
To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).
verb
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To take away; to vacate; to annul.
To suspend.
Example: The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant’s wrongful conduct.
noun
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The act by which a bell is tolled.