parking meter
noun
: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle
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With Milwaukee's parking revenue falling short, parking meter times in the city are being extended and plans are in the works to hand out an additional 65,000 parking tickets next year.
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Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The City Council unanimously supported increasing hourly parking meter rates and permit passes during a meeting on Tuesday.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
In addition to a healthy contingent of federal firefighters, federal workers from the departments of agriculture, the interior, and others have a strong presence in the town, which has a lone blinking stop-and-go traffic light and no parking meters.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Royal Oak parking meters will be closed during the festival to avoid traffic and circling cars looking for spots.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The City Council unanimously supported increasing hourly parking meter rates and permit passes during a meeting on Tuesday.
—Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
In addition to a healthy contingent of federal firefighters, federal workers from the departments of agriculture, the interior, and others have a strong presence in the town, which has a lone blinking stop-and-go traffic light and no parking meters.
—David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Royal Oak parking meters will be closed during the festival to avoid traffic and circling cars looking for spots.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Parking meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20meter. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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