toll

toll definition - business

toll

  1. A fee. For example, drivers may be required to pay a toll to use a road or cross a bridge. Callers may be charged a toll to place a telephone call outside their calling area.
  2. Loss or suffering from an activity, event, or condition: The pension fund's poor financial condition took a toll on employees.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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