parking
nounUK /ˈpɑː.kɪŋ/ · US /ˈpɑɹ.kɪŋ/
Etymology From park + -ing.
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Usually The action of the verb to park.
- free parking
- Parking in central London can be very difficult.
2 more examples
- Glasgow's car-parking problem is one of the worst in the country and the frequency of the new electrified rail service ought to attract a big clientele from the city's close-packed suburbs.1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 715:
- Table 6 represents an analysis of the parking usage in the Downtown Business District, in terms of the number of parkings, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., according to Type of Facility used, and the Purposes of the Trips […]1948, Report of the Charlotte Parking Survey: Downtown Business District:
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Usually Space in which to park a car or other vehicle, such as a parking lot or curbside parking.
- Near-synonyms: car park, carpark
- ample parking
4 more examples
- parking in rear
- Each one of his parkings of securities was a separate count on the indictment.
- It can be difficult to find parking in central London.
- They found his car in a parking thirty miles away; apparently it had been stolen by a joyrider.
- Derived terms
31 terms
autoparking, double-parking, echelon parking, emergency parking bay, glass parking lot, no parking, no parking whitebeam, parking area, parking attendant, parking brake, parking coupon, parking crater, parking disc, parking disk, parking garage, parking light, parking lot, parking meter, parking orbit, parking permit, parking place, parking ramp, parking space, parking spot, parking strip, parking ticket, parking violation, parking warden, season parking, theme parking, workplace parking levy