submeter

== English == === Etymology === From sub- + meter. === Noun === 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. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === submeter (third-person singular simple present submeters, present participle submetering, simple past and past participle submetered) (transitive) To install a submeter for. (transitive, intransitive) To charge for electricity usage measured by a submeter. ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === submeter (not comparable) On a scale based on units smaller than meters. === Anagrams === bum steer, embrutes == Portuguese == === Etymology === Probably a semi-learned term derived from Latin submittere. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: sub‧me‧ter === Verb === submeter (first-person singular present submeto, first-person singular preterite submeti, past participle submetido) to submit to subjugate Synonym: subjugar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “submeter”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “submeter”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026