Toll Road
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
A path that charges a recurring cost in money, time, or approval every time you use it. In engineering slang, a toll road process is tolerated only when the cost buys meaningful safety or value.
In plain English: A route or process that makes you pay a recurring cost to use it.
Example: "The release approval board had become a toll road that added hours to simple fixes without preventing the failures it claimed to guard against."