toll collector
Definition
Noun: A person whose job is to collect fees, called tolls, for the use of a road, bridge, tunnel, or other passageway.
Usage
A "toll collector" is a worker stationed at a toll booth or toll plaza. Their primary duty is to collect money from drivers. This role involves direct interaction with the public and handling cash or processing electronic payments.
Examples
- The toll collector gave the driver a receipt.
- Before the bridge, cars slowed down to pay the toll collector.
- Automated systems have replaced many toll collectors on highways.
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used in historical contexts to describe individuals who collected fees for passage in earlier centuries.
- In a figurative sense, it can sometimes reference any person or entity that exacts a mandatory payment, though this is less common.
Variants and Related Words
- Toll taker (noun): A direct synonym for toll collector.
- Tollbooth operator (noun): A more specific term emphasizing the location of the work.
- Toll (noun): The fee itself that is collected.
- Collect (verb): The action performed by the toll collector.
Synonyms
- Toll taker
- Tollbooth attendant
- Toll agent
Related Phrases
- To collect a toll: This is the verb phrase describing the core action of the job.
- His duty was to collect a toll from each vehicle.
- To work as a toll collector: A phrase describing the occupation.
- She worked as a toll collector for twenty years.
Noun
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someone employed to collect tolls
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