parking meter
noun
: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle
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In 2025, city officials increased trash pick-up, sewage and parking meter fees.
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City News Service, Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
However, today, the only parking meters still standing are labeled as historic.
—Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Marie Franklin paid the parking meter and dashed into Hartford housing court for a December 2023 hearing that would determine if she would get evicted from her apartment.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025
The giving spirit could even be as simple as filling coin parking meters for the cars of holiday shoppers in your town.
—Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 19 Dec. 2025
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City News Service, Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
However, today, the only parking meters still standing are labeled as historic.
—Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Marie Franklin paid the parking meter and dashed into Hartford housing court for a December 2023 hearing that would determine if she would get evicted from her apartment.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025
The giving spirit could even be as simple as filling coin parking meters for the cars of holiday shoppers in your town.
—Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for parking meter
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“Parking meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20meter. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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