parking meter
noun
: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle
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Don't fall for this:The fake QR code scam that aims to take your money at parking meters
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ParkMobile is a mobile and web app that allows users to pay for parking digitally.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
To help the city close a budget deficit, Sacramento will soon charge drivers at downtown and midtown parking meters on Sundays and holidays, the City Council decided Tuesday.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 12 June 2024
Becker said the city loses revenue from not enforcing parking meters during the holiday season, but noted the measure benefits local businesses and increases foot traffic downtown.
—Brennan Stewart, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
In a brazen move, scammers plastered fake QR codes on about 150 parking meters along the Esplanade and Riviera Village area.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
To help the city close a budget deficit, Sacramento will soon charge drivers at downtown and midtown parking meters on Sundays and holidays, the City Council decided Tuesday.
—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 12 June 2024
Becker said the city loses revenue from not enforcing parking meters during the holiday season, but noted the measure benefits local businesses and increases foot traffic downtown.
—Brennan Stewart, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
In a brazen move, scammers plastered fake QR codes on about 150 parking meters along the Esplanade and Riviera Village area.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
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“Parking meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20meter. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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