tolling

1. To impose a fee for the use of.

   Once more it is proposed to toll the East River bridges.

2. To levy a toll on (someone or something).
3. To take as a toll.
4. To pay a toll or tallage.

1. To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly.

   Ask not for whom the bell tolls.

2. To summon by ringing a bell.

   The ringer tolled the workers back from the fields for vespers.

3. To announce by tolling.

   The bells tolled the King’s death.

1. To draw; pull; tug; drag.
2. To tear in pieces.
3. To draw; entice; invite; allure.

   Hou many virgins shal she tolle and drawe to þe Lord - "Life of Our Lady"

4. To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals).

1. To take away; to vacate; to annul.
2. To suspend.

   The statute of limitations defense was tolled as a result of the defendant’s wrongful conduct.

noun

The act by which a bell is tolled.