noun🔗SharePéageA booth on a toll road or toll bridge where the toll is collected."The driver slowed down as she approached the tollbooth and handed the attendant the money. "La conductrice a ralenti en approchant du péage et a donné l'argent à l'employé.vehiclebuildingtrafficeconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareHôtel de ville écossais, bureau de péage(In this sense usually spelt tolbooth) The traditional municipal building of a Scottish town or burgh, usually including a meeting-hall, court, prison and (eponymically) a place for the receipt of taxes, duties and fines."The old tolbooth in the center of town, now a museum, once housed both the jail and the office where people paid their taxes. "L'ancien hôtel de ville au centre de la ville, aujourd'hui un musée, abritait autrefois la prison et le bureau où les gens payaient leurs impôts.architecturegovernmenthistorybuildinglawtraditionsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
