feed the meter

phrase

: to put money in a parking meter
He left the restaurant to feed the meter.

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Still shaky with disbelief, Napolitano unloaded her trash and walked a block to feed the meter in a two-hour parking lot. Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023 Earlier this month, local parking enforcement officers discovered Quick Response barcodes on city-wide pay stations; people attempting to feed the meter by scanning a black-and-white sticker may have submitted payment to a bogus vendor. Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2022

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“Feed the meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feed%20the%20meter. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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