(thing) by Stavr0 Wed May 08 2002 at 17:12:30

/tak-se-met-*r/ from fr. taximètre.

A device that measures the time and distance travelled by a vehicle in order to compute a fare to charge to the passenger. The word taxi is a abbreviation of the french expression taximètre-cabriolet.

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