Careful Words

toll (n.)

toll (v.)

Toll for the brave!—

The brave that are no more!

All sunk beneath the wave,

Fast by their native shore!

William Cowper (1731-1800): On the Loss of the Royal George.

That no Italian priest

Shall tithe or toll in our dominions.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act iii. Sc. 1.