"paymeter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paymeters [plural]
Etymology: From pay + meter. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pay|meter}} pay + meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} paymeter (plural paymeters)
  1. A payment meter.
    Sense id: en-paymeter-en-noun-WXgNuvwM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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