taximeter
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of taximeter
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
Example Sentences
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That meant that an iPhone could function like a taximeter and be used to charge passengers by the minute or the mile.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2017
The article turns out to be about an early Paris taximeter, the "compteur mecanique".
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2016
The U.K.’s High Court Friday ruled that the company’s app doesn’t work as a taximeter, effectively upholding the right of its drivers to work in London, Europe’s largest single city market for the business.
From Time ● Oct. 16, 2015
He and other black cab drivers allege Uber's technology is effectively a taximeter and thus contravenes a 1998 British law reserving the right to use a meter for licensed black taxis.
From Reuters ● Jun. 11, 2014
A taximeter cab was standing by the sidewalk.
From The Prince and Betty by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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