to meter
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7.9
- verb
- /ˈmiːtər/
- US
:
franquear
Examples
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But it's just metered parking, like it's always been on Block.
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Those spaces should become 1- or 2-hour parking for customers during the day, or become metered.
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It included as potential parking spaces the metered parking spaces near Museum Street at which residents cannot park without constantly walking outside with quarters.
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We compared condos with on-street parking in neighborhoods with ample residential parking and my neighborhood with limited on-street parking for residents, due to the fact that it was a business district with a majority of spots metered.
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The post office allows you to meter your letters to show that you've paid the correct postage.
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She was able to meter her packages before sending them at the shipping center.
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You can meter your mail using the machine located in the lobby of the building.
Synonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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2.3
A machine by a parking space that takes coins or cards to let you park for a short time
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3.4
A device that measures and records how much electricity a home or business uses
- Literature
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8.5
A four-line poem pattern with alternating long and short lines used in hymns and ballads
- Specialized
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3.6
A device that measures how much electricity a circuit or appliance uses
- Archaic
A historical measure of length equal to the length of a pendulum that takes one second to swing
- Specialized
A device with a pointer that moves evenly as the measured value changes
- Specialized
A tool that measures how strongly the Earth pulls on things in different places
- Archaic
A former unit of length based on a pendulum that swings once in one second
How Posted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Meter (mail) is best remembered by the postage meter machine that prints the cost; a helpful way to remember this is that to meter mail is to mark it with that machine.