taximeter

[ tak-see-mee-ter ]

noun

1. a device fitted to a taxicab or other vehicle, for automatically computing and indicating the fare due.

taximeter

/ ˈtæksɪˌmiːtə /

noun

1. a meter fitted to a taxi to register the fare, based on the length of the journey

Word History and Origins

Origin of taximeter¹

1885–90; < French taximètre, equivalent to taxe tax + -i- -i- + -mètre -meter; replacing earlier taxameter < German, equivalent to Taxa (< Medieval Latin: tax, charge) + -meter -meter

Word History and Origins

Origin of taximeter¹

C19: from French taximètre; see tax , -meter

Example Sentences

That afternoon then he stepped out of the hôtel and engaged a fiacre—a taximeter would be of no use, Paul thought.

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The figure stopped to read the taximeter, shook his fist at the chauffeur, and approached me, muttering audibly.

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Taximeter, tak-sim′e-tėr, n. an instrument attached to cabs for indicating the fare due for the distance travelled.

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True to his word, on the next day he left the hotel in a taximeter cab which turned down the Champs Elysées.

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She stepped into the taximeter and drove away, with a farewell nod, abrupt although not altogether unkindly.

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