parking meters
Coin-fed street clocks
Parking meters are coin-operated or digital devices that measure and collect payment for street parking.
Drivers pay for a set amount of time, and the meter counts down—an expired meter invites a ticket.
I need quarters for the parking meter.
The term sometimes appears in discussions of urban policy and revenue.
- coin-operatedActivated by inserted currency
- fineAcceptable in quality
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- curbsideAdjacent to the street
- coin slotPayment insertion point
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- coin-operatedvending machines, slot machines, gumball machines, payphones, toll booths
- urban lifesidewalks, neighborhood, apartments, skyline, buses
- coin machinesvending machines, slot machines, gumball machines, coin slots, change machines
- municipal revenuelocal taxes, property tax, sales tax, land tax, tax levies
- Main Streetbakery, barbershop, bookstore, boutique, deli
- public servicespolice, police department, police station, police stations, police patrols
meter, parking, parked, parks, car park, unparked, parking meter, valet parking, parallel parking