tollbooth

noun

toll·​booth ˈtōl-ˌbüth 

: a booth (as on a highway or bridge) where tolls are paid

Examples of tollbooth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Royals said fans can make payments at tollbooths at Gates 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Rideshare Fans who arrive via an Uber, Lyft or other type of rideshare, the pickup line is in Lot A. Flags will be visible for those using that option. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2025

The state was looking for a friendlier image to project to visitors whose first contact with Florida is the tollbooth. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025

Admittedly, provincial elites and warlords treated crossings like personal tollbooths. —George Gavrilis, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2015

Photo: Courtesy Larkin Square Buffalo, which stands at the western end of the Erie Canal, once served as a sort of industrial tollbooth between the East Coast and the Midwest and between the U.S. and Canada. —Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle English tolbothe, tollbothe tollbooth, town hall, jail, from tol, toll toll + bothe booth

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tollbooth

• bluetooth
• forsooth
• sawtooth
• tolbooth
• uncouth
• untruth
• vermouth
• luth
• muth
• sleuth
• sooth
• tooth

Kids Definition

tollbooth

noun

toll·​booth ˈtōl-ˌbüth 

: a booth where tolls are paid