parking meter
noun
: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle
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Drivers have been complaining about parking meters for generations.
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Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
Last year, Sacramento hiked rates and began charging at parking meters on Sundays and holidays.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
The city has 5,300 parking meters in operation, so the money is only a sliver of city parking revenue.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
And, look, here they are frustrated with the parking meter.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
Last year, Sacramento hiked rates and began charging at parking meters on Sundays and holidays.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
The city has 5,300 parking meters in operation, so the money is only a sliver of city parking revenue.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2025
And, look, here they are frustrated with the parking meter.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Parking meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20meter. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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