parking meter
noun
Definition of parking meter
: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle
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First Known Use of parking meter
1935
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parking meter
noun
Definition of parking meter for English Language Learners
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: a machine near a parking place on the side of a road that you put coins into in order to legally park there
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