parking meter
noun
: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle
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In a brazen move, scammers plastered fake QR codes on about 150 parking meters along the Esplanade and Riviera Village area.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
About 10 feet of yellow police tape hung between a parking meter and a nearby business.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
ParkMobile In most cases, rather than traditional parking meters, Indianapolis uses zone parking and centralized meters along sidewalks.
—Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
Actually Practical Magic Being able to feed a parking meter without putting money into it or having to download another one of those parking apps.
—Anna Pook, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
About 10 feet of yellow police tape hung between a parking meter and a nearby business.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
ParkMobile In most cases, rather than traditional parking meters, Indianapolis uses zone parking and centralized meters along sidewalks.
—Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
Actually Practical Magic Being able to feed a parking meter without putting money into it or having to download another one of those parking apps.
—Anna Pook, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Parking meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20meter. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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