Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments: The process of checking and recording the measurement shown by a meter.
   • A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument: The specific number or value shown on a meter's display at a given time.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • His job involves regular meter reading for the water utility.
  • The meter reading indicated an unusually high consumption of electricity last month.
  • Please submit your gas meter reading to the company for an accurate bill.

Advanced Usage

• "To take a meter reading": This is the common phrase for the action of checking and noting the value on a meter.
  • The technician came to take a meter reading from the new smart meter.

Variants and Related Words

• Reading (n): In a broader context, any value or information shown by a measuring instrument. (e.g., )
• Meter (n): The device that measures and displays the reading.

Synonyms

• Measurement: The act or result of measuring.
• Indication: A value that shows the state of something.
• Display value: The number shown on a meter's display.

Related Phrases

• Final meter reading: The reading taken when closing an account or moving out of a property.
  • You must provide a final meter reading to your energy supplier when you move house.
• Estimated meter reading: A bill based on a calculated guess of usage, not an actual checked value.
  • My bill was high because it was based on an estimated meter reading.

Noun

1. the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
   • he has a job meter reading for the gas company
2. a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
   • he could not believe the meter reading
   • the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm