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    odometer
    [ noun ]
    a meter that shows mileage traversed
    <noun.artifact>


    odometer \o*dom"e*ter\ ([-o]*d[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n. [Gr.
    "odo`metron, "odo`metros, an instrument for measuring
    distance; "odo`s way + me`tron measure: cf. F. odom['e]tre,
    hodom['e]tre. See also {hodometer}.]
    An instrument attached to a vehicle or connected, as by a
    flexible cable, to the wheel of a vehicle, which measures the
    distance traversed.

    2. A {hodometer}.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    1. Another favorite joke: Mark's decision to leave his prized red sports car with his girlfriend, who quickly rolled up 600 new miles on the odometer.
    2. "The only fraud here was odometer tampering," attorney Peter L. Steinberg told the court Wednesday, saying that dealer Wayne T. Schmuck of Harvard, Ill., should have been convicted of misdemeanor rather than felony counts.
    3. Chrysler tentatively agreed to settle allegations of odometer fraud by pleading "no contest" to criminal charges and paying at least $16 million to civil plaintiffs, lawyers said.
    4. The company said that by disconnecting the odometer it prevented the accumulation of mileage that would have reduced customers' warranty protection.
    5. The unit has been accused of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and odometer fraud and faces a maximum fine of $120 million.
    6. The executive said the public seems satisfied with Chrysler's actions on the odometer issue.
    7. Lewis Goldfarb, Chrysler's assistant general counsel, says the odometer act so far has been applied to cases involving used-car dealers turning back odometers.
    8. Chrysler Corp. was fined $7.6 million in federal court for selling about 30 previously wrecked vehicles as new cars and for odometer violations.
    9. Chrysler has ways to identify whether the odometer on a particular car had been disconnected, says Mr. Goldfarb.
    10. A federal grand jury in St. Louis indicted the No. 3 auto maker and two executives in June on 16 counts of odometer fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
    11. Keker intimated that the money that paid for the vehicle, a Chevrolet Suburban with 51,000 miles on the odometer, came from the fund financed with travelers checks from Contra leader Adolfo Calero.
    12. The company, which was accused of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and odometer fraud, faces a maximum fine of $120 million.
    13. In 1987, the latest year for which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has a complete report, 17 cases of large-scale odometer fraud were sent to the Justice Department and five others to state enforcement agencies.
    14. The charges included conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud and odometer fraud, and added up to a maximum fine of $120 million.
    15. When the salesman said the odometer showed seven miles, the caller responded, "Can you guarantee that?"
    16. We have to convict him of something."' "We would have been happy to take 12 counts of odometer tampering," Steinberg said. "It's a misdemeanor.
    17. The 6.7-liter car showed 20,000 miles on its odometer.
    18. Chrysler has acknowledged the odometer practice and extended warranties on the affected vehicles, but it denies violating any laws.
    19. Indeed, a Chrysler spokesman says company lawyers didn't want Mr. Iacocca to apologize in the odometer episode, especially because the case hadn't gone to trial.
    20. Chrysler responded by instructing its managers in St. Louis that if they were stopped for speeding, "they were prohibited from telling the police officer that their odometer was disconnected," the indictment says.
    21. In July, Chrysler Chairman Lee A. Iacocca called the odometer tampering "dumb" and offered aggrieved customers extended warranties, and in some cases, replacement vehicles.
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