parking meter
noun
: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle
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Crews have installed red curbs at about 200 locations and removed 97 parking meters within 20 feet of intersections.
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The parking meter deal, where 75 years of revenue was handed over for a fraction of its worth, wouldn’t have survived if a charter had required a transparent, deliberative process.
—Kam Buckner, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
In addition, the city recently doubled parking meter rates and plans to sharply increase a wide range of city fees starting as early as April.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
A lot of the streets didn’t even have parking meters on them.
—The Editors Of Ad, Architectural Digest, 7 Feb. 2025
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David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
The parking meter deal, where 75 years of revenue was handed over for a fraction of its worth, wouldn’t have survived if a charter had required a transparent, deliberative process.
—Kam Buckner, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
In addition, the city recently doubled parking meter rates and plans to sharply increase a wide range of city fees starting as early as April.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
A lot of the streets didn’t even have parking meters on them.
—The Editors Of Ad, Architectural Digest, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Parking meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20meter. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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