aisletoll
/ˈaɪlˌtəʊl/nounVerified NewThe total cost a guest pays to witness someone's wedding: travel, hotels, outfits, the stag or hen do, the gift.
For a destination wedding the toll can exceed a month's rent, paid gladly and resented privately. The wedding is partly financed by its own audience.
Etym. — aisle + toll — a fee levied at the threshold of the ceremony.
Rel. — invitedebt
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