1º_ It is an accountant used by rental vehicles to calculate the rate to be charged to the passenger. The car and its driver were also called that. The word is composed of the Greek voices 964; 945; 958; 953; 962; ( taxis "rate, tax" ) 956; 949; 964; 961; 959; 957; ( metron "measure" ) . See taxi , tacho . 2º_ Nautical instrument that allows to orient the horizontal angle of navigation taking as reference the North of the compass.