tollbooth

[tohl-booth, -booth]

noun

plural

tollbooths 

1. a booth, as at a bridge or the entrance to a toll road, where a toll is collected.

2. Chiefly Scot.,  tolbooth.

tollbooth

/ ˈtəʊlˌbuːθ, ˈtɒl-, -ˌbuːð /

noun

1. a booth or kiosk at which a toll is collected

Word History and Origins

Origin of tollbooth¹

First recorded in 1300–50, tollbooth is from the Middle English word tolbothe. See toll ¹, booth

Example Sentences

His accomplices appeared to be fully informed because they were waiting at the motorway tollbooth.

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A vast police manhunt was underway in northern France on Tuesday after armed assailants ambushed a prison convoy at a road tollbooth, killed two prison officers and freed an inmate.

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His attackers squirted gasoline into the tollbooth coin slot and ignited the fuel with matches.

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Now, tollbooths on about two-thirds of the 6,600 miles of roads overseen by the group’s members no longer accept cash, he said.

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The G-7 coalition, for example, could set up a sort of tollbooth at crucial chokepoints — such as the Danish straits — that Russian oil tankers must traverse to reach global markets.

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