tollbooth

noun

toll·​booth ˈtōl-ˌbüth How to pronounce tollbooth (audio)
: a booth (as on a highway or bridge) where tolls are paid

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Admittedly, provincial elites and warlords treated crossings like personal tollbooths. George Gavrilis, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2015 Photo: Courtesy Larkin Square Buffalo, which stands at the western end of the Erie Canal, once served as a sort of industrial tollbooth between the East Coast and the Midwest and between the U.S. and Canada. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Sep. 2024 The real world is the mind-blowingly elaborate fiction of jobs, cellphones, forks, tollbooths, Hulu passwords, and dental appointments that engulfs us every day and consumes us completely. James Parker, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024 The two prison guards who died in the attack last month, at a highway tollbooth about 85 miles northwest of Paris, were the first to be killed in the line of duty in 32 years. Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 5 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for tollbooth 

Word History

Etymology

Middle English tolbothe, tollbothe tollbooth, town hall, jail, from tol, toll toll + bothe booth

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tollbooth was in the 14th century

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“Tollbooth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tollbooth. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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tollbooth

noun
toll·​booth ˈtōl-ˌbüth How to pronounce tollbooth (audio)
: a booth where tolls are paid

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