tollgate
noun
tollĀ·gate
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Definition of tollgate
: a point where the driver of a vehicle must pay a toll
Examples of tollgate in a Sentence
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Officials also revised initial plans to completely automate all the nationās tollgates after complaints over losing 6,700 jobs. — Washington Post, "South Korean businesses growingly adopt unmanned services," 6 June 2019 The frontier between Italy and France, where the police now intermittently patrol key tollgates and train stations, demonstrates in many ways how those policies keep failing. — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, "A French Underground Railroad, Moving African Migrants," 4 Oct. 2016 But once they are triggered by a tollgate, the devices initiate a daily rental fee, often regardless of whether it is used each day. — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, "Renting a Car? Know the Rules of the Road," 6 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tollgate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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tollgate
noun
English Language Learners Definition of tollgate
: a place where the driver of a vehicle must pay a toll to go through a gate that blocks a road
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