(comparative more delinquent, superlative most delinquent) 1  Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan. 2  Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.
The metre (British spelling and BIPM spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mÃ¨tre, from the Greek noun Î¼Î­ÏÏÎ¿Î½, measure) is the base unit of length in some metric systems, including the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m.
meter noun [C]. âº a âpiece of âequipment that âmeasures the âamount of something that has been used: electricity/âgas/water meter âparking meterread a/the meter Your meter will be read âregularly in âorder to âavoid âsending you âestimated âbills.