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tollbooth

tollbooth

11 2.7
A small building where drivers stop to pay to use a road, bridge, or tunnel
  • noun
  • /ˈtoʊlˌbuːθ/
translation icon : 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.

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Examples

  • We're going to have to stop at the tollbooth at the bridge.

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  • We were coming up to the tollbooth.

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  • Please line up single file at the tollbooth after clearing the gate.

  • This is the last tollbooth they've been through.

  • Let me walk to a manned tollbooth and I'll tell them what happened.

  • We don't want to waste our time sitting in traffic, sitting at tollbooths or looking for parking spots.

  • Think of the "EZ Pass" system used for collecting tolls without needing to stop at the tollbooth.

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  • We need to stop at the tollbooth to pay for using the bridge.

  • The line at the tollbooth moved slowly as each driver paid their fee.

  • She handed cash to the attendant at the tollbooth before moving on.

Synonyms

tollhouse
vstollbooth
  • Archaic
1 6.9

A small building near a road or bridge where people pay to pass

highlights drivers stopping to pay rather than the building
tolbooth
vstollbooth
  • Archaic
9.9

A small building at a tollgate where people pay to cross a road or bridge

focuses on drivers stopping to pay rather than the collector

How Big

toll plaza
1 3.2
tollbooth
11 2.7
tollgate
1 5.1

Surface Forms

tollbooth singular
tollbooths plural

Morphology

tollbooth = toll + booth (transparent) = toll + booth

The meaning is directly the combination of 'toll' (fee) and 'booth' (small enclosed structure), which clearly indicates a place to pay a fee.

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.