Tiler misread measure (5)

I believe the answer is:

litre

'measure' is the definition.
(litre is a kind of measure)

'tiler misread' is the wordplay.
'misread' is an anagram indicator.
'tiler' with letters rearranged gives 'LITRE'.

(Other definitions for litre that I've seen before include "Mcc?" , "One thousand cubic centimetres" , "Metric measure of capacity" , "Unit of capacity in metric system" , "Metric unit of volume" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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