meter reading
Checking consumption numbers
A meter reading is the number shown on a utility meter at a given moment, used to calculate consumption of electricity, gas, or water.
Utility companies take readings periodically to determine bills: The meter reading showed we'd used twice as much electricity as last month.
Someone who takes these readings may also be called a meter reader.
- dial faceNumbered instrument surface
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- waterClear essential liquid
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- energy recordsenergy audit, utility bill, electric bill, gas bill, power bill
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- readings
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- gas servicenatural gas, gas line, gas leak, leak detection, gas fitting
measurement precision
meter readingestimate
Informed guess at quantity
estimation · approximation · guesstimate · rough estimate · projection