- taxi meter
- n.Taxameter n.
English-german dictionary. 2013.
English-german dictionary. 2013.
Taxi — Taxi: Die Bezeichnung für »Mietauto« wurde in der 1. Hälfte des 20. Jh.s gekürzt aus »Taxameter«, offenbar nach dem Vorbild von entsprechend frz. taxi (aus taximètre). Das Wort, das zusammengesetzt ist aus »Taxe« »Preis; Gebühr« (s. ↑ taxieren)… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
Meter Jam — is a campaign being followed in Metro cities of India such as Bangalore and Mumbai to correct the malpractices adopted by the taxi and auto rickshaw drivers.[1] Contents 1 Challenges faced by public 2 Steps taken by public … Wikipedia
taxi — 1907, shortening of taximeter cab (introduced in London in March 1907), from taximeter automatic meter to record the distance and fare (1898), from Fr. taximètre, from Ger. Taxameter (1890), coined from M.L. taxa tax, charge. An earlier English… … Etymology dictionary
Taxi Number 9211 — Infobox Film name = Taxi Number 9211 writer = Rajat Arora starring = John Abraham Nana Patekar Sameera Reddy director = Milan Luthria producer = Ramesh Sippy music = Vishal Dadlani Shekhar Ravjiani cinematography = Vijay Karthik editing = Aarif… … Wikipedia
meter — ▪ I. meter me‧ter 1 [ˈmiːtə ǁ ər] noun [countable] 1. a machine that measures and shows the amount of something you have used or the amount of money that you must pay: • A new gas meter had to be installed before the building permit would be… … Financial and business terms
Taxi — Berliner Taxis am Flughafen Tegel … Deutsch Wikipedia
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meter — noun 1 device for measuring gas, electricity, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ electric (esp. AmE), electricity (esp. BrE), gas, light, moisture, parking, power, pressure level, sound level … Collocations dictionary
meter — me|ter1 [ˈmi:tə US ər] n [Sense: 1 3; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: METER] 1.) a machine that measures and shows the amount of something you have used or the amount of money that you must pay water/gas/electricity meter ▪ A man came to read the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
meter — 1 noun 1 (C) a machine that measures and shows the amount of something you have used or the amount of money that you must pay: The taxi driver turned off his meter. 2 (C, U) the American spelling of metre see also: parking meter … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
taxi — [20] Taxi is short for taximeter cab, a term coined around 1890 for a cab fitted with a taximeter, a device for showing the fare to be paid. Taximeter [19] was borrowed from French taximètre, a compound noun formed from taxe ‘charge, tariff’ (a… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins