taximeter

American  

[tak-see-mee-ter] / ˈtæk siˌmi tər /

noun

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

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taximeter British  

/ ˈtæksɪˌmiːtə /

noun

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

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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

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 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

"With their taximeter, their apps that they use, their technology, those are taximeters basically, which by law only we are allowed to use," Fitz told Reuters.

From Reuters • Jun. 11, 2014

The issue at stake is whether Uber's use of the smartphone equates to a taximeter, a talismanic object for black cab drivers, which they feel only they have the right to use.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2014

In the shadow of the Elevated there was standing a taximeter cab.

From Psmith, Journalist by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)