parking coupon

plural parking coupons

1. SingaporeOne of a booklet of punch-out coupons, available in various denominations, used by vehicle owners to pay for a parking space.

   A parking coupon displayed on the windscreen of the car showed that he parked the car on 29 April at 6.15 p.m.

   2006, “Investigating Groupwork”, in Insight History S1 Activity Bk S/e, Pearson Education South Asia, →ISBN, Investigating (Groupwork), page 9

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   Some Singaporeans still do not know how to fill in parking coupons under the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s coupon parking system despite a three-month introductory period.

   1980 3 May, Jalean Han, “Highly-charged day at URA car parks”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page 8

   A saleman did not tear off the date tabs of four parking coupons worth $ 4.40, making the coupons re-useable, a district court heard yesterday.

   1992 24 May, “$1,000 fine for parking coupon cheating”, in The Straits Times Home, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page 15

   Alternatively motorist should be allowed to mail in their old coupons and ask for a refund or exchange for new parking coupons.

   2002 7 September, Kilometrico, “Another screw up by URA new parking coupon”, in soc.culture.singapore, Singapore: Google Groups, retrieved 30 Mar 2016

   What makes this worse is taxis parking at the car park without displaying parking coupons, some with the engines running, while the drivers are resting or meeting at the nearby taxi hut.

   2007 4 June, Thomas Lee Zhi Zhi, “Convert some parking bays to semi-season lots”, in The Straits Times ST Forum - Online Story, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited

   However, an Urban Redevelopment Authority spokesperson said the new “high-value coupons cut down the number of parking coupons needed”.

   2009, Peter H. L. Lim, Chronicle of Singapore, 1959-2009: Fifty Years of Headline News, illustrated, reprint edition, Editions Didier Millet, →ISBN, page 165

   Synonyms: parking permit