parking meter
noun
: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle
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Chicagoans have felt the impact of the parking meter deal firsthand.
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Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
City Manager Maraskeshia Smith vowed not to increase parking meter rates, a strategy the city relied upon in years past to balance previous deficits.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026
Because the lines at the parking meters are very long!
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Chicago inked a multi-decade deal in 2008 to privatize parking meters.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
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Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
City Manager Maraskeshia Smith vowed not to increase parking meter rates, a strategy the city relied upon in years past to balance previous deficits.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026
Because the lines at the parking meters are very long!
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Chicago inked a multi-decade deal in 2008 to privatize parking meters.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
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“Parking meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20meter. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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