tollgate

English

Etymology

From toll +‎ gate.

Noun

tollgate (plural tollgates)

1. A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid

   Synonyms: tollbar, toll barrier

   • 2019, Marsha R. Robinson, Disobedient Histories in Ancient and Modern Times, page 82:

     Colonel George Rice Trevor testified that the Rebeccas attacked poor-houses as well as tollgates.

Related terms

• toll booth
• toll-collector
• tollhouse
• tolltaker

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: бариера (bg) f (bariera) Chinese: Mandarin: 收費站 / 收费站 (zh) (shōufèizhàn) Czech: mýtná brána f Danish: bom (da) French: barrière de péage German: Schlagbaum (de) m, Gebührenschranke f Greenlandic: bommi Indonesian: gardu tol (id) Irish: geata dola m, paidhc f Italian: pedaggio (it) m, barriera (it) f Japanese: 料金所 (ja) (ryōkinjo) Korean: 요금소(料金所) (yogeumso), 톨게이트 (tolgeiteu) Malay: please add this translation if you can Polish: rogatka (pl) f, szlaban (pl) m Portuguese: pedágio (pt) m, barreira (pt) f Scottish Gaelic: geata-càine m, cachaileith-chìse f Spanish: caseta de cobro f Tagalog: barera (tl) Tamil: சுங்கச்சாலை (cuṅkaccālai), சுங்கச்சாவடி (ta) (cuṅkaccāvaṭi) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Verb

tollgate (third-person singular simple present tollgates, present participle tollgating, simple past and past participle tollgated)

1. (transitive) To furnish (a road) with a tollgate.
2. To perpetrate a form of corruption in which the recipient of a government contract must donate part of its value to the government.

See also

• (spit proceeds corruptly): kick back (verb)