toll 1 n [Old English, tax or fee paid for a liberty or privilege, ultimately from Late Latin telonium custom house, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll]: a charge for the use of a transportation route or facility; broadly: a charge for use
a water toll
toll 2 vb [Anglo-French tollir toller to take away, make null, bar, ultimately from Latin tollere to lift up, take away]
vt
1: to take away (as a right)
2 a: to remove the effect of
the court did not toll the statute of repose after the statutory period had expired
b: suspend (2a)
toll the running of the statute of limitations compare run
vi: to be suspended
statute of limitations toll s for a period of seventy-five days following the notice — Parker v. Yen, 823 S.W.2d 359 (1991)
toll 3 n: a suspension of effect
the court extended the statute of limitations toll
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.