paymeter

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pay +‎ meter

Noun[edit]

paymeter (plural paymeters)

  1. A payment meter.
    • 1957, Petroleum Management (volume 29, issue 3, page D-35)
      The paymeter at the main compressor station, which handles most of the SAPLM gas sales, also includes a recording gravitometer.
    • 1976, Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal:
      Free lighting and cooking has been installed as have two paymeters for gas fires.