What does TOLLBOOTH mean?
Definitions for TOLLBOOTH
ˈtoʊlˌbuθ, -ˌbuð; -ˌbuðz, -ˌbuθstoll·booth
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Princeton's WordNet
tollbooth, tolbooth, tollhousenoun
a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
Wiktionary
tollboothnoun
Alternative spelling of toll booth.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tollboothnoun
A prison. Robert Ainsworth
Etymology: toll and booth.
To Tollboothverb
To imprison in a tollbooth.
To these what did he give? why a hen,
That they might tollbooth Oxford men. Richard Corbet.
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tollbooth
A tollbooth is a station or booth placed at specific locations such as a bridge, tunnel, or highway where motorists are required to pay a fee (a toll) for the use of the road or facility. The collected fees are typically used for road maintenance or infrastructure projects. Some tollbooths are staffed by workers who collect payments, while others use electronic systems to collect the tolls automatically.
Webster Dictionary
Tollboothnoun
a place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll
Tollboothnoun
in Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail
Tollboothverb
to imprison in a tollbooth
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of TOLLBOOTH in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of TOLLBOOTH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of TOLLBOOTH in a Sentence
I've heard this from so many nurses and teachers and administrators rolling their eyes when relating how they needed to take some bulls --- course in order to advance in the field when really they've already learned what they need by working the job, but in the grift that is our higher education, when you want to move up, ‘ Hold on there ! Not so fast ! Tollbooth ahead ! You need to pay for more ’ education' before you we decide you could do what you do.' F ---, this is what Scientology does, makes you keep taking courses to move up to ‘ The Bridge of Total Freedom. ’.
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