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Toll vs Outcome - What's the difference?

toll | outcome |

As nouns the difference between toll and outcome

is that toll is custom (duty collected at the borders) while outcome is information, event, object or state of being produced as a result or consequence of a plan, process, accident, effort or other similar action or occurrence.

toll

English

(wikipedia toll)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), (m), . Alternate etymology derives (etyl) (m), from .

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • Derived terms
    * death toll * toll road * toll bridge * toll booth * * tollgate

    References

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To impose a fee for the use of.
  • (label) To levy a toll on (someone or something).
  • * Shakespeare
  • (label) To take as a toll.
  • To pay a toll or tallage.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Etymology 2

    Probably the same as Etymology 3. Possibly related to or influenced by (toil)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or sound of tolling

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.
  • * , Episode 12, The Cyclops
  • (label) To summon by ringing a bell.
  • * Dryden
  • (label) To announce by tolling.
  • * Beattie
    • Derived terms
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    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m), (m), variation of (m), .

    Alternative forms

    * tole, toal

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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).
    • Synonyms
    * (to lure animals) , lure

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To take away; to vacate; to annul.
  • (label) To suspend.

    • outcome

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Information, event, object or state of being produced as a result or consequence of a plan, process, accident, effort or other similar action or occurrence.
    • A quality automobile is the outcome of the work of skilled engineers and thousands of workers.
  • A positive result or consequence.
  • (probability theory) The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space.
    • Three is a possible outcome of tossing a six-sided die.
  • (education) The results or evidence of students' learning experience. Often used in place of desired outcomes .
    • The outcomes of this course are outlined in your syllabus.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Spain failed to move through the gears despite exerting control for lengthy spells and a measure of perspective must be applied immediately to the outcome .}}

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