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TOHL/təʊl/

A toll is harm counted (a death toll) or suffered over time (take its toll); also a charge to use a road: the death toll, the heat took its toll, a toll road. Cost and damage are everyday; a fee is a charge without the harm sense. Do not rename unstaffed heat as resilience.

Meaning

Harm counted (a death toll) or suffered over time; also a charge to use a road.

Examples

• “The heatwave took its toll on an unstaffed sitting; the minute must name that, not “resilience”.”
• “Cost is everyday. Damage is a cousin. A charge on a bridge is a toll. A death toll is a count. Resilience is a slogan. Conditions in the hall are a log. Write the harm; then the brand word if you still want it.”

Good to know

Death/harm count; also a road charge; harm over time. Everyday: cost / damage. Resilience copy is not the log.

Near in meaning

cost

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