feed the meter

verb

To place coins into a parking meter or gas meter.

Meanings

verbfeed the meter (third-person singular simple present feeds the meter, present participle feeding the meter, simple past and past participle fed the meter)

present singular third person feeds the meter · participle present feeding the meter · participle past fed the meter · past fed the meter

  1. idiomaticTo place coins into a parking meter or gas meter.

Translations

Finnish syöttää rahaa mittariin
  • syöttää rahaa mittariinto put coins into a parking meter
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