A small building or booth where drivers pay a fee to use a road, bridge, or highway.
From 'toll' (Old English 'toll,' a tax or payment) plus 'booth' (from Old Norse 'búð,' a temporary shelter), becoming standard in American English with the rise of highways.
Tollbooths represent a fascinating economic decision—governments chose to recover road costs from users rather than taxes—and they've become iconic symbols in American culture, from movies to famous suicides.
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