paymeter

noun

paymeter

noun

Etymology From pay + meter.

1

A payment meter.

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

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