meter

About 8.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A device that measures things. A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.

   gas meter

2. noun A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.

   gas meter

3. noun One who metes or measures.

   a labouring coal-meter

4. noun A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
5. verb To measure with a metering device.
6. verb To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.
7. verb To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).
8. noun US standard spelling of metre (“a unit of measure”).

Similar words

m metre time beat cadence measure taximeter speedometer odometer dashboard

Often followed by

is and of in to or reading for per

Word family

metered metering meters