Tolls
[tol]
Examples
- And yet no tolls are charged. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The rate of tolls is 10 francs (about $2) per net ton. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The tolls for the maintenance of a highroad cannot, with any safety, be made the property of private persons. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In Great Britain, the abuses which the trustees have committed in the management of those tolls, have, in many cases, been very justly complained of. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The system of repairing the high-roads by tolls of this kind, it must be observed, is not of very long standing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is proper, therefore, that the tolls for the maintenance of such a work should be put under the management of commissioners or trustees. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Willard