submeter
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
submeter (plural submeters)
- A utility meter, especially for electricity, that allows for the monitoring of usage on a portion of a distribution network, especially not owned by a utility, past a main meter.
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2009 February 15, Manny Fernandez, “State Freezes Plan to Have Tenants Pay Electric Bills”, in New York Times[1]:
- Proponents say residential submeters encourage tenants to reduce their energy consumption by making households that never had to worry about electricity costs take financial responsibility for the power they use.
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TranslationsEdit
utility meter
VerbEdit
submeter (third-person singular simple present submeters, present participle submetering, simple past and past participle submetered)
- (transitive) To install a submeter for.
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2009 February 15, Manny Fernandez, “State Freezes Plan to Have Tenants Pay Electric Bills”, in New York Times[2]:
- “The submetering program is intended to help conserve energy, which is something that we remain committed to,” he said.
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- (transitive, intransitive) To charge for electricity usage measured by a submeter.
TranslationsEdit
install a submeter for
(intransitive) to charge for electricity based on a submeter
(transitive) to charge (someone) for electricity based on a submeter
AnagramsEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin submittere.
VerbEdit
submeter (first-person singular present indicative submeto, past participle submetido)
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb submeter