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   toll

   /təʊl/

   noun

   • 1. a charge payable to use a bridge or road: "motorway tolls" Similar chargefeepaymentlevytariffduestaxdutyimpost
   • ▪ a charge for a long-distance telephone call. North American
   • 2. the number of deaths or casualties arising from a natural disaster, conflict, accident, etc.: "the toll of dead and injured mounted" Similar numbercounttallytotalrunning totalsum totalgrand totalsumscorereckoningenumerationregisterrecordinventorylistlistingaccountrollrosterindexdirectory
   • ▪ the adverse effect of something: "the environmental toll of the policy has been high" Similar adverse effect(s)undesirable consequence(s)detrimentharmdamageinjuryhurtcostpricelossdisadvantagesufferingpenalty

   verb

   • 1. charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road): "the transport minister opposes tolling existing roads"

   Word Origin Old English (denoting a charge, tax, or duty), from medieval Latin toloneum, alteration of late Latin teloneum, from Greek telōnion ‘toll house’, from telos ‘tax’. toll1 (sense 2 of the noun) (late 19th century) arose from the notion of paying a toll or tribute in human lives (to an adversary or to death).

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Indonesian_mass_killings_ofIndonesian mass killings of 1965–66 - Wikipedia

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   19 hours ago · v. t. e. Large-scale killings and civil unrest primarily targeting members and supposed sympathizers of the Communist Party (PKI) were carried out in Indonesia from 1965 to 1966. Other affected groups included alleged communist sympathisers, Gerwani women, trade unionists, [14] ethnic Javanese Abangan, [1] ethnic Chinese, atheists, so-called ...