Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The use of toll-bait to attract fish; the practice or method of drawing fish, as a school of mackerel, by means of gurry, chum, or stosh thrown overboard. The tolling is done by one of a crew while the others fish.
- noun plural Toll-bait.
- noun A method of decoying or luring ducks. See the quotation.
- noun The act of sounding a bell. See
toll . - noun The sound produced by a bell under single measured strokes of the clapper.
- noun A peculiar bell-like sound said to be made by bees before they swarm.
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- verb Present participle of
toll .
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Examples
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The $400M in tolling is the money needed by the state to get to the $2. 82B to which they are committed.
Open Letter to the Council: Take the Same Damn Risk You’re Asking Us To Take « PubliCola 2010
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The "extra" contingency from the tolling is already primarily city resident paid.
“Anyone Who Says There Aren’t Going to Be Cost Overruns Is Fooling Themselves.” « PubliCola 2010
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Instead, the filing said HSBC and the investors have entered what is known as a tolling agreement, which stops the statute-of-limitation clock for the plaintiffs.
HSBC Dropped From Lawsuit on Silver-Price Manipulation David Benoit 2011
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And the extra 400 million in tolling would not have to happen at all.
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The willingness to accept tolling is unexamined and mystifying.
Extra Fizz: McGinn’s 520 Plan Could Allow Eight Lanes of Traffic « PubliCola 2010
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They added 400 million in tolling to fund the contingency.
Open Letter to the Council: Take the Same Damn Risk You’re Asking Us To Take « PubliCola 2010
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The tolling is to close the funding gap - I doubt it is for O&M.
Open Letter to the Council: Take the Same Damn Risk You’re Asking Us To Take « PubliCola 2010
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The folks tossing out numbers about how the proposed Tunnel will only have capacity for 40-60% of the existing traffic on the Viaduct, and how demand will be even less if tolling is implemented, aren't just making things up out of thin air.
Open Letter to the Council: Take the Same Damn Risk You’re Asking Us To Take « PubliCola 2010
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The 350 million dollar estimate for the actual tunneling portion has a 415 million dollar contingency fund, and there is another 400 million in tolling just in case that tunneling portion goes 300% over estimate.
Open Letter to the Council: Take the Same Damn Risk You’re Asking Us To Take « PubliCola 2010
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When the new tank is placed on service this summer, Elba storage capacity will rise to 11.5 Bcf. Elba has long term tolling contracts with the subsidiaries of Shell and BG with an average remaining contract life of 23 years.
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