parking meter

noun

: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle

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The Gary Board of Public Works will be in charge of the parking meter fund, if passed by the council. Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025 In addition, the five-member panel recommended a hike in parking meter fees, which is expected to generate $14 million in the upcoming fiscal year. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025 Among the recommendations were raising rates at parking meters, garages and establishing fees for permits currently free to residential car owners. Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025 Here Bell credits social media for allowing young artists to get beyond the need to get an agent in Hollywood and feed the parking meter to complete endless rounds of auditions to get somewhere in showbiz. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for parking meter

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of parking meter was in 1935

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“Parking meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20meter. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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