# metered

Pronunciation: US say "MEE-turd" /ˈmiɾɚd/; UK say "MEE-tuhd" /ˈmiːtəd/

## Adjective

1. Equipped with a meter that measures or controls consumption, as for gas, electricity, water, or parking.
   - Simple: Having a meter fitted to measure or limit how much gas, water, or parking time is used.
   - _The downtown lots are metered, charging by the hour._
   - _Households on a metered connection pay only for the electricity they actually use._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of meter. — simple past and past participle of meter
   - Simple: Past tense of meter. Use this form when the measuring already happened.
   - _The city metered each household's water during the drought._
   - _Engineers had metered the output before the plant went online._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/metered (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).