noun
definition
A device installed in a taxicab that calculates the fare based upon distance travelled and waiting time.
Examples of taximeter in a Sentence
Hackney Carriage Vehicles must be fitted with a Council-approved taximeter before testing.
A private hire vehicle is not required to have a taximeter installed.
Hackney Carriage Vehicles must be fitted with a Council-approved Taximeter before testing.
A long-standing cause of complaint on the part of the public has been the common refusal of cab-drivers to accept their legal fares, but, on the other hand, several attempts to introduce cabs with an automatic taximeter failed, until the introduction of motor cabs, of which a few had already been plying for some time when in 1907 a large number, provided with taximeters, were put into service.