Wrong again (as you've been this whole thread): we use meter in that sense all the time: "gas meter" (both the name of the thing that measures the natural gas u

Wrong again (as you've been this whole thread): we use meter in that sense all the time: "gas meter" (both the name of the thing that measures the natural gas usage by a household and the thing that measures the remaining gasoline in a car) uses "meter" in that sense.