Meter reading
The crossword clue "Meter reading" is answered by USAGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
USAGE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the USAGE answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CABFARE (2 uses in xd)
- TAXIFARE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for USAGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by USAGE, most used first.
- Grammarian's concern - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Grammar topic - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Custom - used 63 times, most recently in 2024
- Customary practice - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Treatment - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
- Employment - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
- Practice - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Accepted practice - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
- Linguist's concern - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Application - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- Common practice - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Habit. - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- English class topic - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Lexicographer's concern - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Grammarian's topic - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Practical application - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Safire subject - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Copy editor's concern - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Function - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Electric bill listing - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Electric meter measurement - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- The way we word - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Dictionary info - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Dictionary topic - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Gas bill info - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Grammar concern - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Utility bill datum - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Cubic meter - STERE, used 273 times
- Bar mitzvah reading - TORAH, used 26 times
- Heavy reading - TOMES, used 25 times
- One cubic meter - STERE, used 25 times
- Bedtime reading - STORY, used 23 times
- "Reading Rainbow" host Burton - LEVAR, used 19 times
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