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to submeter

to submeter

7.3
To measure each apartment's water, gas, or electricity with its own meter
  • verb
  • /ˈsʌbˌmiːtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : submedir
  • Many landlords are now submetering electricity to encourage tenants to save energy.

Examples

  • The landlord decided to submeter each unit's electricity.

  • After they submetered the offices, each company received its own utility bill.

  • The building owner decided to submeter each apartment to track water usage separately.

  • We need to submeter the water usage in the building.

  • In order to reduce costs, the property manager decided to submeter each apartment for water usage.

  • To promote energy conservation, they installed devices to submeter electricity consumption in every room.

  • The new building plans include a system that will submeter the heating consumption of each unit.

How Granular

to submeter
  • Specialized
7.3
to estimate
765 2.8

Surface Forms

submeter infinitive
submeted past
submeted past participle
submetering present participle
submeters third person singular

Morphology

submeter = meter (semi-transparent) = sub + meter

The word is built from the verb 'meter' plus the prefix 'sub-', but the specialized sense of measuring individual units within a larger system is only partly predictable for learners.

Etymology

Submeter comes from the prefix sub- meaning 'under' or 'below' and meter, the device that 'measures' (like a water or electricity meter). So to submeter is to put smaller meters 'under' a larger system — to measure the use of each unit or customer separately.