taximetern.

Brit.

/ˈtaksɪˌmiːtə/, U.S.

/ˈtæksiˌmidər/

Forms:

α. 1800s– taxameter.

β. 1800s– taximeter, 1900s– taxi-meter, 1900s– taxi meter.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Taxameter.

Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < German Taxameter (1890) < post-classical Latin taxa tax, tariff (see tax n.¹) + German -meter -meter comb. form² (apparently after German †Taxanom : see note); in β. forms with remodelling of the second element after -imeter comb. form. Compare French taxamètre (1901), taximètre (1905). Compare later taxi n.In later use in the β. forms often taken to be < taxi n. (itself a shortening of taximeter n.) + meter n.³ and therefore often written with a hyphen or as two words; compare (hence) meter n.³ 1c. The β. forms (and their French equivalent) were also sometimes associated with ancient Greek τάξις arrangement (see taxis n.). Historical note. An early form of the device was invented by W. F. Nedler and patented in Germany in 1877 under the German name Taxanom (already attested in 1876; apparently < post-classical Latin taxa tariff + -nom , in e.g. German Metronom metronome n.). The Taxameter was an improved version of this device; a patent was filed in 1890 by a company called Taxameter-Fabrik Westendorp & Pieper and awarded in 1891. N.E.D. (1910) gives the pronunciation as (tæksi·mĭtəɹ) /tækˈsɪmɪtə(r)/.

1. A device used in a taxicab or (formerly) taxi carriage that automatically records and displays the distance travelled and the fare payable.The earliest forms of these instruments were simply distance recorders, but they were soon adapted to incorporate a fare calculator and (later) a time calculator as well.The word taximeter originally referred to the meter that was installed on French and German horse-drawn cabs before motor cabs appeared on the road. In Britain it became common only with the introduction of motor cabs, and was thus associated with them, the word taxi itself being an abbreviation of taxicab or taximeter cab: see taxi n. 1a.Originally, taximeter was a single word, but in modern use the term is sometimes taken to be two words, taxi and meter: see the etymology.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > taxi > instrument indicating fare

tell-fare1865

taximeter1894

clock1906

meter1911

Mary Ann1939

α.

1894 Times 2 June 19/1 I have severally interviewed the proprietors of the ‘taxameter’, owners of cabs at Hamburg, and several of their employés.

1910 Automobile 14 July 62/1 Patrons of taxicabs find it a rather difficult matter to ride for any length of time and feel..comfortable about the pending charge. They eye the taxameter, shift about in the seat.

2017 Express (Nexis) 29 July 35 The taxameter was patented by a company in Hamburg then spread to Berlin and Paris. London cabs got theirs from Berlin and soon the vehicles began to be called ‘taxi-cabs’.

β. 1896 Daily Mail 2 Dec. 7/3 The distances are measured by an automatic arrangement called a taximeter, which is in use in the ordinary cabs in many German cities.1898 Daily News 14 Apr. 7/2 One of the new Berlin taximeters, attached to a London hansom cab, on which it has been in operation for the past six months in an experimental way.1907 Daily News 4 Feb. 7/5 The Committee's report..declared strongly in favour of the taximeter as a means of regulating fares.2000 Steering Wheel Mar. 2/4 Unless a separate fare has been agreed in advance for a hiring beyond four miles of the city boundary, the fare payable is that shown on the taximeter.

2. A taxi fitted with such a device; short for taximeter cab n. at Compounds 2. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > taxi

cab1882

taximeter cab1898

taximeter1899

taxi1907

taxicab1907

special hire1950

1899 Illustr. Police News 29 Apr. 2/4 In order to show that these tactics are of no avail, a parade of taxameters was organised on Tuesday afternoon.

1908 A. Bennett Buried Alive iv. 102 He..hailed a taximeter from the stand opposite the Army and Navy Stores.

2014 A. Brewis Thailand Survival Guide (2017) 45 The cabs without meters..try very hard to solicit customers before they actually get to the taxi-rank holding the licensed taxi-meters.

Compounds

C1. General use in various compounds (some now historical), with the sense ‘of or relating to a taximeter (sense 1); using or incorporating a taximeter’, as taximeter hansom, taximeter maker, taximeter system, taximeter vehicle.

ΚΠ

1899 Financial Times 25 Mar. 5/5 (headline) The taxameter trouble.

1903 Daily Chron. 16 Nov. 4/5 Some years ago there was an attempt to introduce the taxameter system, which is the rule in all big German towns. The London cabman would have none of it.

1906 Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 4/1 A few minutes later a taxameter motor brougham drove up with the bride.

1907 Daily News 18 Mar. 9 By the end of this week London may expect that about sixty taximeter motor cabs will be plying for hire in the streets.

1919 R. W. Pullman Rep. Superintendent Metrop. Police D. C. 95 Every hack, vehicle, motor vehicle, automobile, taximeter vehicle..shall have permanently affixed to the interior thereof....[a card displaying] the schedule of rates.

1959 P. Bull I know Face xi. 200 Lambert kindly escorted me in a taximeter-cabriolet.

2009 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 30 Oct. 10 The premature charges were caused by a programming error by taximeter maker, Centrodyne Inc.

C2.

taximeter cab n. now historical a taxicab or (formerly) taxi carriage having a taximeter.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > taxi

cab1882

taximeter cab1898

taximeter1899

taxi1907

taxicab1907

special hire1950

1898 Daily Mail 28 Nov. 3/1 A new applicant for the patronage of the public will make its appearance in the streets of London in the shape of the ‘Taxameter’ cab, about fifty of which..will soon be plying amid the metropolitan traffic.

1907 Daily Chron. 23 Sept. 3/4 A horse cab driver..was charged with assaulting [a] taximeter cab driver.

1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Apr. c5 In 1907 taximeter cabs arrived in New York City from Paris.

taximeter driver n. now historical a person whose occupation is driving a taxicab or (formerly) taxi carriage; a taxi driver.

ΚΠ

1899 Standard 17 Apr. 3/4 Complainant said he was subjected to much ‘chaff’ on account of his hat—the uniform head-gear of the Taxameter drivers.

1907 Daily Mail 25 Apr. 5 He was finding an exciting pastime in the baiting of taximeter drivers.

1955 E. F. Carter ‘Edwardian’ Cars 88 The types of drivers one saw on the roads in those days were roughly divided into five categories: the owner-passenger, the amateur driver, the gentleman-mechanic, the chauffeur, and the taximeter driver.

Derivatives

ˈtaximetered adj. (of a vehicle) fitted with a taximeter; (of a journey) made by a taxicab fitted with a taximeter.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [adjective] > having taximeter

taximetric1904

taximetered1907

1907 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 4/7 The competition of the taximetered motor-cab will entitle the poor old four-wheeler more than ever to the name of ‘growler’.

1993 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Nov. Hire car drivers charged $50 to take a fare from the grand prix track to Glenelg, a normal taxi-metered run of about $12.

2006 N. Y. Post (Nexis) 6 Sept. 36 [In] 1907..the battery-powered Hansom cab is replaced by gas-powered, taxi-metered vehicles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	taximeter
释义	taximetern. Brit. /ˈtaksɪˌmiːtə/, U.S. /ˈtæksiˌmidər/ Forms: α. 1800s– taxameter. β. 1800s– taximeter, 1900s– taxi-meter, 1900s– taxi meter. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Taxameter. Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < German Taxameter (1890) < post-classical Latin taxa tax, tariff (see tax n.¹) + German -meter -meter comb. form² (apparently after German †Taxanom : see note); in β. forms with remodelling of the second element after -imeter comb. form. Compare French taxamètre (1901), taximètre (1905). Compare later taxi n.In later use in the β. forms often taken to be < taxi n. (itself a shortening of taximeter n.) + meter n.³ and therefore often written with a hyphen or as two words; compare (hence) meter n.³ 1c. The β. forms (and their French equivalent) were also sometimes associated with ancient Greek τάξις arrangement (see taxis n.). Historical note. An early form of the device was invented by W. F. Nedler and patented in Germany in 1877 under the German name Taxanom (already attested in 1876; apparently < post-classical Latin taxa tariff + -nom , in e.g. German Metronom metronome n.). The Taxameter was an improved version of this device; a patent was filed in 1890 by a company called Taxameter-Fabrik Westendorp & Pieper and awarded in 1891. N.E.D. (1910) gives the pronunciation as (tæksi·mĭtəɹ) /tækˈsɪmɪtə(r)/. 1. A device used in a taxicab or (formerly) taxi carriage that automatically records and displays the distance travelled and the fare payable.The earliest forms of these instruments were simply distance recorders, but they were soon adapted to incorporate a fare calculator and (later) a time calculator as well.The word taximeter originally referred to the meter that was installed on French and German horse-drawn cabs before motor cabs appeared on the road. In Britain it became common only with the introduction of motor cabs, and was thus associated with them, the word taxi itself being an abbreviation of taxicab or taximeter cab: see taxi n. 1a.Originally, taximeter was a single word, but in modern use the term is sometimes taken to be two words, taxi and meter: see the etymology. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > taxi > instrument indicating fare tell-fare1865 taximeter1894 clock1906 meter1911 Mary Ann1939 α. 1894 Times 2 June 19/1 I have severally interviewed the proprietors of the ‘taxameter’, owners of cabs at Hamburg, and several of their employés. 1910 Automobile 14 July 62/1 Patrons of taxicabs find it a rather difficult matter to ride for any length of time and feel..comfortable about the pending charge. They eye the taxameter, shift about in the seat. 2017 Express (Nexis) 29 July 35 The taxameter was patented by a company in Hamburg then spread to Berlin and Paris. London cabs got theirs from Berlin and soon the vehicles began to be called ‘taxi-cabs’. β. 1896 Daily Mail 2 Dec. 7/3 The distances are measured by an automatic arrangement called a taximeter, which is in use in the ordinary cabs in many German cities.1898 Daily News 14 Apr. 7/2 One of the new Berlin taximeters, attached to a London hansom cab, on which it has been in operation for the past six months in an experimental way.1907 Daily News 4 Feb. 7/5 The Committee's report..declared strongly in favour of the taximeter as a means of regulating fares.2000 Steering Wheel Mar. 2/4 Unless a separate fare has been agreed in advance for a hiring beyond four miles of the city boundary, the fare payable is that shown on the taximeter. 2. A taxi fitted with such a device; short for taximeter cab n. at Compounds 2. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > taxi cab1882 taximeter cab1898 taximeter1899 taxi1907 taxicab1907 special hire1950 1899 Illustr. Police News 29 Apr. 2/4 In order to show that these tactics are of no avail, a parade of taxameters was organised on Tuesday afternoon. 1908 A. Bennett Buried Alive iv. 102 He..hailed a taximeter from the stand opposite the Army and Navy Stores. 2014 A. Brewis Thailand Survival Guide (2017) 45 The cabs without meters..try very hard to solicit customers before they actually get to the taxi-rank holding the licensed taxi-meters. Compounds C1. General use in various compounds (some now historical), with the sense ‘of or relating to a taximeter (sense 1); using or incorporating a taximeter’, as taximeter hansom, taximeter maker, taximeter system, taximeter vehicle. ΚΠ 1899 Financial Times 25 Mar. 5/5 (headline) The taxameter trouble. 1903 Daily Chron. 16 Nov. 4/5 Some years ago there was an attempt to introduce the taxameter system, which is the rule in all big German towns. The London cabman would have none of it. 1906 Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 4/1 A few minutes later a taxameter motor brougham drove up with the bride. 1907 Daily News 18 Mar. 9 By the end of this week London may expect that about sixty taximeter motor cabs will be plying for hire in the streets. 1919 R. W. Pullman Rep. Superintendent Metrop. Police D. C. 95 Every hack, vehicle, motor vehicle, automobile, taximeter vehicle..shall have permanently affixed to the interior thereof....[a card displaying] the schedule of rates. 1959 P. Bull I know Face xi. 200 Lambert kindly escorted me in a taximeter-cabriolet. 2009 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 30 Oct. 10 The premature charges were caused by a programming error by taximeter maker, Centrodyne Inc. C2. taximeter cab n. now historical a taxicab or (formerly) taxi carriage having a taximeter. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > taxi cab1882 taximeter cab1898 taximeter1899 taxi1907 taxicab1907 special hire1950 1898 Daily Mail 28 Nov. 3/1 A new applicant for the patronage of the public will make its appearance in the streets of London in the shape of the ‘Taxameter’ cab, about fifty of which..will soon be plying amid the metropolitan traffic. 1907 Daily Chron. 23 Sept. 3/4 A horse cab driver..was charged with assaulting [a] taximeter cab driver. 1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Apr. c5 In 1907 taximeter cabs arrived in New York City from Paris. taximeter driver n. now historical a person whose occupation is driving a taxicab or (formerly) taxi carriage; a taxi driver. ΚΠ 1899 Standard 17 Apr. 3/4 Complainant said he was subjected to much ‘chaff’ on account of his hat—the uniform head-gear of the Taxameter drivers. 1907 Daily Mail 25 Apr. 5 He was finding an exciting pastime in the baiting of taximeter drivers. 1955 E. F. Carter ‘Edwardian’ Cars 88 The types of drivers one saw on the roads in those days were roughly divided into five categories: the owner-passenger, the amateur driver, the gentleman-mechanic, the chauffeur, and the taximeter driver. Derivatives ˈtaximetered adj. (of a vehicle) fitted with a taximeter; (of a journey) made by a taxicab fitted with a taximeter. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [adjective] > having taximeter taximetric1904 taximetered1907 1907 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 4/7 The competition of the taximetered motor-cab will entitle the poor old four-wheeler more than ever to the name of ‘growler’. 1993 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Nov. Hire car drivers charged $50 to take a fare from the grand prix track to Glenelg, a normal taxi-metered run of about $12. 2006 N. Y. Post (Nexis) 6 Sept. 36 [In] 1907..the battery-powered Hansom cab is replaced by gas-powered, taxi-metered vehicles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894
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