What does "tollgate" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "tollgate"?

Common synonyms include: archway, back door, barway, bulkhead, carriage entrance, cellar door.

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Noun

1
A barrier across a toll road or toll bridge that is lifted when the toll is paid
"Colonel George Rice Trevor testified that the Rebeccas attacked poor-houses as well as tollgates."
2
a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid wordnet

Verb

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

Proper Noun

1
A purok in the sitio of Camp 6, barangay of Camp Four, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.

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

Etymology 1

From toll + gate.

Etymology 2

Named after the tollgate of Kennon Road which is located in the area.