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

Recent Examples on the Web

Meter-exempt placards allow people to park in handicap spaces in parking lots, and also exempt their holders from parking meter fees and time limitations, unless parking is limited to 30 minutes or less. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Back in June, the San Jose City Council punted the issue of extending the hours and raising the rates on downtown parking meters until August. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026

Orlando residents objected to the city’s first parking meters in 1939 — the nickel-per-hour coin slots were stuffed with chewing gum in protest — and those meters didn’t last a year. — Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026

Within the context of the ongoing debate, the comment suggested the financial tie could make the company unfit to own the parking meter system. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for parking meter

• amphitheater
• bolometer
• centimeter
• centimetre
• decimeter
• ergometer
• expositor
• gasometer
• gravimeter
• hexameter
• manometer
• milliliter