Taximeter Definition

tăksē-mētər
noun
An automatic device in taxicabs that computes and registers the fare due.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Taximeter

Noun

Singular:
taximeter
Plural:
taximeters

Origin of Taximeter

  • French taximètre alteration of taxamètre from German Taxameter Medieval Latin taxa tax (from taxāre to tax tax) -meter meter (from Greek metron measure –meter)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French taximètre, from German Taxameter, coined from Medieval Latin taxa (tax, charge), from Proto-Indo-European base *tag- (to touch, to handle).

    From Wiktionary

Taximeter Sentence Examples

  • Hackney Carriage Vehicles must be fitted with a Council-approved taximeter before testing.

  • A private hire vehicle is not required to have a taximeter installed.

  • Hackney Carriage Vehicles must be fitted with a Council-approved Taximeter before testing.

  • A long-standing cause of complaint on the part of the public has been the common refusal of cab-drivers to accept their legal fares, but, on the other hand, several attempts to introduce cabs with an automatic taximeter failed, until the introduction of motor cabs, of which a few had already been plying for some time when in 1907 a large number, provided with taximeters, were put into service.

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Words Starting With

TTATAX

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RERTER

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