toll-collector

toll-collector
a) a person who collects the toll at a toll road or toll bridge
b) a device that counts the people going through a turnstile and paying a toll

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  • toll collector — a person or device collecting or registering tolls. [1815 25] * * * …   Universalium

  • toll|gath|er|er — «TOHL GATH uhr uhr», noun. = toll collector. (Cf. ↑toll collector) …   Useful english dictionary

  • toll|man — «TOHL MAN», noun, plural men. = toll collector. (Cf. ↑toll collector) …   Useful english dictionary

  • toll|keep|er — «TOHL KEE puhr», noun. a person who collects the toll at a tollgate or tollhouse; toll collector …   Useful english dictionary

  • collector — n. 1) an art; coin; rare book; stamp collector 2) a tax; ticket; toll collector 3) (AE) a garbage, trash collector (BE has dustman) 4) an ardent, avid, serious collector * * * [kə lektə] avid coin rare book serious collector stamp …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Toll point — In the United Kingdom a toll point or toll island is a place on a canal where a fee was collected as boats carrying cargo passed. These were sited at strategic points such as the stop lock at the transition from one canal company to another where …   Wikipedia

  • toll — 1. n. 1 a charge payable for permission to pass a barrier or use a bridge or road etc. 2 the cost or damage caused by a disaster, battle, etc., or incurred in an achievement (death toll). 3 US a charge for a long distance telephone call. Phrases… …   Useful english dictionary

  • collector — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who collects accounts] Syn. representative, collection agent, revenue agent, customs official, tax collector, tax officer, toll collector, bill collector, collection agency, office of internal revenue, revenue office, tax… …   English dictionary for students

  • Toll house — A tollhouse or toll house is a building with accommodation for a toll collector, beside a tollgate on a toll road. Many tollhouses were built by turnpike trusts in England, Wales and Scotland during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Those built… …   Wikipedia

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