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Toll
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A quick definition of Toll:
Term: Toll
Definition: Toll can mean a few different things. First, it can mean to stop a time limit from running, like when you pause a game. Second, it can mean to take away or prevent someone from doing something, like taking away a toy from a child. Finally, toll can also mean money you pay to use something, like when you pay to drive on a road or cross a bridge.
A more thorough explanation:
1. To stop the running of a time period, especially a time period set by a statute of limitations.
Example: If someone files a lawsuit against you, the statute of limitations may toll (stop running) if you leave the state. This means that the time period for the lawsuit to be filed is paused until you return.
2. To bar or take away. Tolling a right of entry takes away the right to be present on the land.
Example: If someone has a right to enter your property, but you toll that right, you are taking away their ability to enter.
3. Money paid in exchange for using something, especially a road or bridge.
Example: When you drive on a toll road, you must pay a fee to use it. This fee is called a toll.
These examples illustrate the different meanings of the word "toll." In the first example, toll means to pause or stop something. In the second example, toll means to take away. In the third example, toll means a fee that must be paid in exchange for using something.