Abbreviation of checkpoint. [A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection]
(Scotland) (In this sense usually spelt tolbooth) The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a meeting-hall, court, prison and (eponymically) a place for the receipt of taxes, duties and fines.
(business) An agreement by a toller with an owner of raw materials to process the raw material for a specified fee ("toll") into a product with the raw material and the product remaining the property of the provider of the raw material.
(law, UK, obsolete) A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants in exchange for permission to brew and sell ale.
(law) Abbreviation of turnpike. [A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile.]
A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.
(automotive) A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.
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