Sentence examples for off the meter from inspiring English sources

"Buy something for the baby," and switched off the meter.

This prompted the teacher to ask another revealing question: How much of what you make off the meter is taxable?

Some loans are metered extended by formal banks or registered trust companies under the eye of regulators but many are kept off the meter.

Where the two great traffic rivers, Broadway and Seventh Avenue, crossed, I recall mostly sitting in my cab and watching precious minutes tick off the meter.

Many cabbies apparently changed to the higher out-of-city rate only at the end of the ride, possibly when trying to shut off the meter, according to a two-month sample of GPS data reviewed by the city.

Switching off the meter, charging extra in congested areas and refusing certain destinations are practices that have earned them little popularity among passengers, who add speeding and smoking in the car to a long list of complaints.

Thanks!" Travis Bickle is a helpful cabbie who refuses tips and offers out-of-towners off-the-meter tours of some of his favorite New York City parks.

The city turns off the meters, which are powered by two small solar panels, near churches on Sunday mornings, and the ones in front of the Starbucks come with 30 minutes of free parking courtesy of the city "so people can get out and get a latte," said Ralph F. Aversa, the city's director of economic development.

"We had a lot of effort in cybersecurity up front to design it as secure as you possibly can - Katzman says - First off, a key thing is that we encrypt all the data that comes off the meters.

CPM's 2012 revenue is an even bigger increase over the approximately $24 million the city made off the meters in 2008, the last year they managed the meters prior to the signing of a $1.2 billion, 75-year privatization deal, according to NBC Chicago.

This might be the hot water heater, the house water shut-off in the house, or the main shut-off at the meter.