tax vs toll

tax

verb
  • To impose and collect a tax on (something). 

  • To impose and collect a tax from (a person or company). 

  • To accuse. 

  • To make excessive demands on. 

  • To examine accounts in order to allow or disallow items. 

noun
  • A burdensome demand. 

  • A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. 

  • Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services. 

toll

verb
  • To levy a toll on (someone or something). 

  • To summon by ringing a bell. 

  • To draw; entice; invite; allure. 

  • To make a sound as if made by a bell. 

  • To announce by tolling. 

  • To suspend. 

  • To take as a toll. 

  • To pay a toll or tallage. 

  • To impose a fee for the use of. 

  • To ring (a bell) slowly and repeatedly. 

  • To lure with bait; tole (especially, fish and animals). 

  • To tear in pieces. 

noun
  • A fee for using any kind of material processing service. 

  • A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc. 

  • Loss or damage incurred through a disaster. 

  • A tollbooth. 

  • A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding. 

  • The act or sound of tolling. 

How often have the words tax and toll occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )