Definition of feed the meter

feed the meter    

verb

• to put coins into a parking meter.

  Could you wait a few minutes before ordering dessert? I've got to go feed the meter.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to buy, spend.

  Last edited on Jan 06 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to buy, spend':
chip in	Definitions include: to contribute to a group cause.
splurge	Definitions include: Verb. To ejaculate.
acqui-hire	Definitions include: the acquisition of one company by another, for the purpose of acquiring the employees more so than other aspects of the company's business.
pony up	Definitions include: to pay for.
cough up	Definitions include: to pay.
blow	Definitions include: to be of poor quality, displeasing.
pay through the nose	Definitions include: to pay too much money.
piss (one's) money up the wall	Definitions include: to waste one's money.
set (one) back	Definitions include: to cost.
spring for	Definitions include: to pay for; buy.

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Other terms relating to 'feed':
bite the hand that feeds	Definitions include: to do something bad to someone that takes care of one.
bottom feeder	Definitions include: a useless or low-class person.
DFTT	Definitions include: acronym for "don't feed the troll".
feeder	Definitions include: a breast.
feeder road	Definitions include: a small road that runs along the the side of a highway or freeway.
feeding frenzy	Definitions include: when people go after something aggressively (e.g. items given away freely) like fish at feeding time.
Feed the birds	Definitions include: the act of vomiting.
feed the fish	Definitions include: to vomit.
feed up	Definitions include: to feed livestock
look at (one) like (one's) mother doesn't feed (one)	Definitions include: don't look at me like that.
prolefeed	Definitions include: superficial literature, movies and music used to keep the lower class preoccupied.
strap on a feed-bag	Definitions include: to eat a meal; go get something to eat.
Other terms relating to 'meter':
meter maid	Definitions include: a city worker who gives tickets to illegally parked cars.
read the meter	Definitions include: See you and check you out and make sure everything's alright between us. (from Clockwork Orange).
Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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