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parking meter

device used to collect money in exchange for the right to park a vehicle for a limited amount of time
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parking meter

Summary

parking meter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (329 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • parking meter is credited with the discovery of Carl Magee[2].
  • parking meter is a type of self-service machine[3].
  • parking meter is used for parking space enforcement[4].
  • parking meter's Commons category is recorded as Parking meters[5].
  • parking meter's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03891332-n[6].

Body

Definition and Type

parking meter is a type of self-service machine[3].

Use and Application

parking meter is used for parking space enforcement[4].

Influence

Things named for parking meter include parking enforcement officer[7], a profession[8].

Why It Matters

parking meter ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (329 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Entities named for it include parking enforcement officer[7], a profession[8].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). parking meter. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/parking-meter
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_parking-meter_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{parking meter}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/parking-meter}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Carl Magee
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → self-service machine
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565525005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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