n. a device installed in a taxicab that calculates the fare based upon distance travelled and waiting time.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. a meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the length of the ride).
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A commercial name of an instrument for automatically recording and mechanically computing the tax or charge to be made for the use of a hired vehicle in accordance with a determined tariff for such charges.
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n. a meter in a taxi that registers the fare (based on the length of the ride)
Word Usage
"While the older compound word taximeter yielded the shorter taxi in English, that shorter word took a shortcut of its own in China."