Meaning

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

    Parkuhr, Parkautomat

    парко́вочные часы́parkóvočnyje časý, парко́метрparkómetr

    a coin-operated timer located next to a parking space; depositing money into it entitles you to park your car there for a specified length of time

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
device for collecting parking fees:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device for collecting parking fees:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: parking meters
Singularparking meter
Pluralparking meters

regular

See also

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