tollbooth
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈtoʊlˌbuːθ/
:
cabina de peaje
- I worked at a tollbooth.
- tollbooth attendant
- highway tollbooths
- stop at the tollbooth
What I'm very good at is investing in tollbooth employees.
- What I'm very good at is investing in tollbooth employees.
- So there they became a tollbooth for their customer.
- Every person in here's job is to become the best tollbooth collector inside that tollbooth.
Examples
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We're going to have to stop at the tollbooth at the bridge.
Fiction book (2000) -
We were coming up to the tollbooth.
Fiction book (2000) -
Please line up single file at the tollbooth after clearing the gate.
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This is the last tollbooth they've been through.
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Let me walk to a manned tollbooth and I'll tell them what happened.
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We don't want to waste our time sitting in traffic, sitting at tollbooths or looking for parking spots.
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Think of the "EZ Pass" system used for collecting tolls without needing to stop at the tollbooth.
Blog text (21) -
We need to stop at the tollbooth to pay for using the bridge.
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The line at the tollbooth moved slowly as each driver paid their fee.
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She handed cash to the attendant at the tollbooth before moving on.
Synonyms
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6.9
A small building near a road or bridge where people pay to pass
A small building at a tollgate where people pay to cross a road or bridge
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Etymology
Tollbooth is made of toll ('fee') and booth ('small shop or stall'), so it literally means a small building where drivers stop to pay a fee to use a road, bridge, or tunnel.