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- meter is running, the
meter is running, the
meter is running, the
Costs or other consequences are accumulating, as in We'd better come to a decision soon, for the meter is running. This metaphoric expression alludes to the fare mounting up on a taxi meter. [Late 1900s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Hamon | | - | Medieval English |
| Graciano | | grah-THYAH-no (Spanish), grah-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish), grə-SYA-noo (Portuguese) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Avram | | - | Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew |
| Ognjen | | - | Croatian, Serbian |
| Stevie | | STEE-vee | English |
| Meklit | | - | Eastern African, Amharic |