/ˈmiːtə/
noun
(always meter) A device that measures things.(always meter) A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.(always meter) One who metes or measures.(elsewhere metre) The base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), conceived of as 1/10000000 of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, and now defined as the distance light will travel in a vacuum in 1/299792458 second.(elsewhere metre) An increment of music; the overall rhythm; particularly, the number of beats in a measure.(elsewhere metre) The rhythm pattern in a poem.(elsewhere metre) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.A poem.verb
To measure with a metering device.To imprint a postage mark with a postage meter.To regulate the flow of or to deliver in regulated amounts (usually of fluids but sometimes of other things such as anticipation or breath).