PARKING METER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("parking meter" is a kind of...):

timer (a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end)

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