transcription, транскрипция: [ mi:tə(r) ]
( meters, metering, metered)
1.
A meter is a device that measures and records something such as the amount of gas or electricity that you have used.
He was there to read the electricity meter...
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2.
To meter something such as gas or electricity means to use a meter to measure how much of it people use, usually in order to calculate how much they have to pay.
Only a third of these households thought it reasonable to meter water...
Metered taxis are relatively inexpensive.
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3.
A meter is the same as a parking meter .
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4.
see also metre