Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TOLL, n.¹ [Sax. toll; D. tol; Sw. tull; Dan. told; G. zoll; W. toll, a fraction, a toll; toli and toliaw, to curtail, to diminish, to take away, to spare or save, to deal out, from tawl, a throw, a casting off, a separation, a cutting off; tolli, from toll, to subtract, to take toll; Gr. τελος, toll, custom, and end, exit, from cutting off; Fr. tailler, to cut off, (see Tail;) Ir. deilim, to separate; dail, a share, Eng. dole; diolam, to sell, to exchange, to pay toll. This is from the root of deal. See Deal, Sax. bedælan. Class Dl, No. 12.]

1. A tax 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 or the like.
2. A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor. Cyc.
3. A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.