メータク

noun

metered taxi

Rare term derived from English 'meter taxi'; refers to a taxi that uses a fare meter. More commonly called タクシー in modern Japanese.

• 昔むかしはメータクという言こと葉ばも使つかわれたが、今いまは普ふ通つうタクシーと言いう。

  The word メータク was once used, but nowadays people usually say タクシー.