meter
/ˈmi·t̬ər/ n [C] (DEVICE)Definition
› a device that measures the amount of gas, water, or electricity used › In a taxi (= car whose driver you pay to take you somewhere), a meter is the device that measures the distance or the amount of time spent traveling and records how much you have to pay.
(Definition of meter n (DEVICE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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