Collocations for meter - noun

electric (esp. AmE), electricity (esp. BrE), gas, light, moisture, parking, power, pressure-level, sound-level, water

read
The electricity company will send an employee to read your meter.

check
a man in uniform checking the parking meters

feed, fill (esp. BrE)
I forgot to feed the meter.

fit, install

run, tick
The taxi driver kept the meter running.
The taxi waited, the meter ticking away.

reader, reading
maid (esp. AmE)