parking meter

noun

: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle

Examples of parking meter in a Sentence

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Drivers have been complaining about parking meters for generations. 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 See All Example Sentences for parking meter

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of parking meter was in 1935

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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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