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Tollgate

name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A purok in the sitio of Camp 6, barangay of Camp Four, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a gate or bar across a toll bridge or toll road which is lifted when the toll is paid wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To furnish (a road) with a tollgate. transitive
  2. 2
    To perpetrate a form of corruption in which the recipient of a government contract must donate part of its value to the government.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From toll + gate.

Etymology 2

From toll + gate.

Etymology 3

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

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