parking meter
noun
: a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle
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Generally, city code says that parking meter funds go back into traffic regulation, public parking facilities as well as parking enforcement.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
In the grit and sweat of the city’s work, a charter might prevent debacles such as the city’s giveaway of its parking meters, or even the midnight destruction of Meigs Field.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
These include increasing parking meter rates and fees for older adult services programs.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
The city doubled parking meter rates in January and significantly raised hundred of city fees last week.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
In the grit and sweat of the city’s work, a charter might prevent debacles such as the city’s giveaway of its parking meters, or even the midnight destruction of Meigs Field.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
These include increasing parking meter rates and fees for older adult services programs.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
The city doubled parking meter rates in January and significantly raised hundred of city fees last week.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Parking meter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parking%20meter. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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