parking ticket
noun
: a piece of paper that officially tells someone that he or she has parked a vehicle illegally or for too long and will have to pay a fine
Examples of parking ticket in a Sentence
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Need to pay your parking ticket?
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2025
So many places downtown, parking on the street for more than three hours can earn a parking ticket.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
In early August 1977, police finally had a lead in the case — which came in the form of a parking ticket.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 31 July 2025
Last Wednesday, a man doused a traffic agent with a bottle of juice in Brooklyn after the agent gave him a parking ticket near the corner of Seventh Ave. and Sixth St. in Park Slope.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025
Bloomington parking ticket dismissed after dispute.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The city collected over $1.7 million in parking ticket payments in Fiscal Year 2024, according to Ortega.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2025
In a Broward case, a former Blanche Ely High School principal was accused of flashing an honorary Broward sheriff’s badge to avoid a parking ticket.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
But a parking ticket is, right now, the only ticket a cop can give to a Waymo.
—Nick Watt, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2025
So many places downtown, parking on the street for more than three hours can earn a parking ticket.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
In early August 1977, police finally had a lead in the case — which came in the form of a parking ticket.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 31 July 2025
Last Wednesday, a man doused a traffic agent with a bottle of juice in Brooklyn after the agent gave him a parking ticket near the corner of Seventh Ave. and Sixth St. in Park Slope.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025
Bloomington parking ticket dismissed after dispute.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The city collected over $1.7 million in parking ticket payments in Fiscal Year 2024, according to Ortega.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2025
In a Broward case, a former Blanche Ely High School principal was accused of flashing an honorary Broward sheriff’s badge to avoid a parking ticket.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
But a parking ticket is, right now, the only ticket a cop can give to a Waymo.
—Nick Watt, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
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“Parking ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20ticket. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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