noun
1 device for measuring gas, electricity, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ electric ( esp. AmE ), electricity ( esp. BrE ), gas , light , moisture , parking , power , pressure-level , sound-level , water
VERB + METER
▪ read
▪
The electricity company will send an employee to read your ~.
▪ check
▪
a man in uniform checking the parking ~s
▪ feed , fill ( esp. BrE )
▪
I forgot to feed the ~.
▪ fit , install
METER + VERB
▪ run , tick
▪
The taxi driver kept the ~ running.
▪
The taxi waited, the ~ ticking away.
METER + NOUN
▪ reader , reading
▪ maid ( esp. AmE )
2 ( AmE ) ( BrE metre )