(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ 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 ~...
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2.
To ~ something such as gas or electricity means to use a ~ 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 ~ water...
Metered taxis are relatively inexpensive.
VERB: V n, V-ed
3.
A ~ is the same as a parking ~ .
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4.
see also metre