English Explanatory Dictionary

parking meter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device, located by a parking space, that collects payment in exchange for the right to park a vehicle for a specified time.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

parking meter parking meters

Etymology

From parking + meter (“one who measures”), modelled after coal-meter, etc.

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