ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tollgate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Tollgate is a noun meaning A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid.

Meaning

A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive) To furnish (a road) with a tollgate.
  2. To perpetrate a form of corruption in which the recipient of a government contract must donate part of its value to the government.

Example Sentences

Colonel George Rice Trevor testified that the Rebeccas attacked poor-houses as well as tollgates.

Word Forms

Synonyms for tollgate

Depending on context, synonyms include tollbar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tollbar, toll-bar, tollbridge, turnpike, toll, tollhouse.

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