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Toll

/tˈoʊl/
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(noun) A fee 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, etc.

The missile attack took a heavy toll of lives.
The death toll from the hurricane climbed to 200.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Drivers have to pay a small ____ early this morning to use the new bridge that crosses the wide and deep river today.

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