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
- (transitive) To furnish (a road) with a tollgate.
- 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
- tollgates
- tollgating
- tollgated
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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