Toll vs Demand - What's the difference?
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Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
(label) A fee for using any kind of material processing service.
(label) A tollbooth.
A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.
A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.
(label) To impose a fee for the use of.
(label) To levy a toll on (someone or something).
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(label) To take as a toll.
To pay a toll or tallage.
(label) To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
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(label) To summon by ringing a bell.
* Dryden
(label) To announce by tolling.
* Beattie
To draw; pull; tug; drag.
(label) To tear in pieces.
(label) To draw; entice; invite; allure.
(label) To lure with bait (especially, fish and animals).
The desire to purchase goods and services.
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A need.
A claim for something.
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A requirement.
An urgent request.
An order.
(electricity supply) A measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.
To request forcefully.
To claim a right to something.
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To require of someone.
(legal) To issue a summons to court.
Toll is a related term of demand.
As nouns the difference between toll and demand
is that toll is custom (duty collected at the borders) while demand is the desire to purchase goods and services.As a verb demand is
to request forcefully.toll
English
(wikipedia toll)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), (m), . Alternate etymology derives (etyl) (m), from .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* death toll * toll road * toll bridge * toll booth * * tollgateReferences
Verb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
Etymology 2
Probably the same as Etymology 3. Possibly related to or influenced by (toil)Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
*Etymology 3
From (etyl) (m), (m), variation of (m), .Alternative forms
* tole, toalVerb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (to lure animals) , lureEtymology 4
From (etyl) .demand
English
Alternative forms
* demaund, demaunde (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Michael Sivak
Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?, passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand' for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the ' demand .}}
Usage notes
One can also make demands on someone. * See for uses and meaning of demand collocated with these words.Synonyms
* (a requirement) impositionDerived terms
* demand-driven * in demand * on demandVerb
(en verb)Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.}}