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toll CHARGEHtEJl, $toJln [C]a small amount of money that you have to pay to use a road, cross a bridge etc.(道路,桥梁)通行费There's a two-pound toll to cross the bridge.过这座桥要付2英镑的通行费。He's just got a job collecting tolls at the start of the motorway.他刚得到了在高速公路的起点收取通行费的工作。The advantage of toll roads is that they raise money from car users instead of general tax-payers.收取道路通行费的好处是他们向开车的人而不是普通的付税者收钱。(Am) Toll can also refer to the money a long-distance telephone call costs.长途电话费Is Bayonne a toll call (= a more expensive telephone call) from New York?贝云恩的电话是从纽约来的长途电话吗?There are plans to establish a national toll- free hotline (= one for which the caller does not have to pay anything).计划建立一条国内免费长途电话热线。
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