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| commutation ticket |
a ticket for a specified number of trips to and from the same destinations that is issued, at a reduced rate, to commuters, esp. for railroad or toll road travel. |
| knell |
to toll, as a bell. [1/6 definitions] |
| pike3 |
a road on which a toll is charged; turnpike. |
| publican |
a tax or toll collector in ancient Rome. [1/2 definitions] |
| thruway |
a limited access highway or toll road, usu. crossing an entire state or similar long distance. |
| toll bar |
a barrier to access, as to a road or bridge, that is lifted after a toll is collected; tollgate. |
| tollbooth |
a booth where a toll is paid, as for access to a road or bridge. |
| toll bridge |
a bridge at which one must pay a toll in order to cross. |
| tollgate |
a gate or gatelike structure where a toll is collected, as on a highway. |
| toll road |
a road that one must pay a toll to use. |
| turnpike |
a thruway or highway whose use requires the payment of a toll. |
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