taximeter
a device fitted to a taxicab or other vehicle, for automatically computing and indicating the fare due.
Origin of taximeter
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How to use taximeter in a sentence
That afternoon then he stepped out of the hôtel and engaged a fiacre—a taximeter would be of no use, Paul thought.
High Noon | AnonymousThe figure stopped to read the taximeter, shook his fist at the chauffeur, and approached me, muttering audibly.
The Window at the White Cat | Mary Roberts Rineharttaximeter, tak-sim′e-tėr, n. an instrument attached to cabs for indicating the fare due for the distance travelled.
True to his word, on the next day he left the hotel in a taximeter cab which turned down the Champs Elysées.
The Key to Yesterday | Charles Neville BuckShe stepped into the taximeter and drove away, with a farewell nod, abrupt although not altogether unkindly.
The Moving Finger | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for taximeter
/ (ˈtæksɪˌmiːtə) /
a meter fitted to a taxi to register the fare, based on the length of the journey
Origin of taximeter
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