tollbooth

[ tohl-booth, -booth ]

noun,plural toll·booths

[tohl-boothz, -booths]. /ˈtoʊlˌbuðz, -ˌbuθs/.

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

Origin of tollbooth

First recorded in 1300–50, tollbooth is from the Middle English word tolbothe.See toll¹, booth

Words Nearby tollbooth

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How to use tollbooth in a sentence

The E-ZPass system in Virginia and other states allows drivers to pass through tollbooths without paying cash, sometimes including a toll discount.
Virginia pauses deactivation of idle E-ZPass accounts amid pandemic | Justin Wm. Moyer | February 3, 2021 | Washington Post
Tollbooths will no longer accept cash or loose change for payments.
Today in D.C.: Headlines to start your Friday in D.C., Maryland and Virginia | Dana Hedgpeth, Teddy Amenabar | December 11, 2020 | Washington Post
But I will give you the name of the man who used to go to the tollbooth on Sunday afternoons.
Allison Bain | Margaret Murray Robertson
But Willie went wrong—and from bad to worse; but now he is in the tollbooth at Aberdeen, as you have heard.
Allison Bain | Margaret Murray Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for tollbooth

tollbooth

tolbooth

/ (ˈtəʊlˌbuːθ, -ˌbuːð, ˈtɒl-) /

noun

a booth or kiosk at which a toll is collected

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