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parking meter

noun

: a machine near a parking place on the side of a road that you put coins into in order to legally park there

Full Definition of PARKING METER

:  a coin-operated device which registers the purchase of parking time for a motor vehicle
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First Known Use of PARKING METER

1935

Rhymes with PARKING METER

altimeter, centiliter, centimeter, deciliter, decimeter, dekaliter, dekameter, hectoliter, honeyeater, lotus-eater, microliter, milliliter, millimeter, nanometer, overeater, postage meter, superheater, taximeter, trick-or-treater, water heater, water meter

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