Collocations for toll - noun
1. money that you pay to use a road, bridge, etc.
VERB + toll
charge,
collect,
exact,
impose,
levy
the possibility of imposing tolls on some roads
the possibility of imposing tolls on some roads
pay
toll + NOUN
bridge,
highway (in the US),
motorway (in the UK),
road
booth (usually tollbooth), plaza, station (both AmE)
charge
booth (usually tollbooth), plaza, station (both AmE)
charge
2. amount of damage done/number of people killed
ADJECTIVE
devastating,
enormous,
great,
heavy,
high,
huge,
terrible,
tragic
mounting, rising
the mounting death toll
mounting, rising
the mounting death toll
final
casualty, death, injury (esp. BrE)
civilian, human
emotional, physical, psychological
casualty, death, injury (esp. BrE)
civilian, human
emotional, physical, psychological
VERB + toll
exact,
take
The pressure of fame can take a terrible toll.
The recession is taking its toll.
The pressure of fame can take a terrible toll.
The recession is taking its toll.
estimate
toll + VERB
mount,
rise
The death toll from yesterday's crash is still rising.
The death toll from yesterday's crash is still rising.
reach sth
The casualty toll could reach 200.
The casualty toll could reach 200.
stand at sth
The death toll stands at 37.
The death toll stands at 37.
PHRASES
bring the toll to
This brings the death toll to 86.
This brings the death toll to 86.
put the toll at
The latest estimates put the death toll at 15 000.
The latest estimates put the death toll at 15 000.