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 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 red taximeter cab was crawling down the road at their side.

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