parking coupon

English

Etymology

parking +‎ coupon

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːkɪŋ ˈkuːpɔn/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːkɪŋ ˈkuːpɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹkɪŋ ˈkjuˌpɑn/

Noun

parking coupon (plural parking coupons)

1. (Singapore) One of a booklet of punch-out coupons, available in various denominations, used by vehicle owners to pay for a parking space.
   • 1980 3 May, Jalean Han, “Highly-charged day at URA car parks”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page 8:

     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.

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

     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.

   • 2002 7 September, Kilometrico, “Another screw up by URA new parking coupon”, in soc.culture.singapore‎^[1], Singapore: Google Groups, retrieved 30 March 2016:

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

   • 2006, “Investigating Groupwork”, in Insight History S1 Activity Bk S/e‎^[2], Pearson Education South Asia, →ISBN, Investigating (Groupwork), page 9:

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

   • 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:

     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.

   • 2009, Peter H. L. Lim, Chronicle of Singapore, 1959-2009: Fifty Years of Headline News‎^[3], illustrated, reprint edition, Editions Didier Millet, →ISBN, page 165:

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

   • 2012 1 July, Cheryl Faith Wee, “Singlish Keepsake”, in The Straits Times Live, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, page 2:

     It has a section that looks like a parking coupon on each page and you can tear out the tabs.

   • 2013, Thomas Bond and Chris Hughes, “Approach I - rate”, in Singapore PSLE Mathematics Teacher’s Reference‎^[4], Singapore: Yellowreef Limited, →ISBN, page 22:

     Each parking coupon allows a driver to park his car for half an hour.

   • 2014 21 December, Clara Chow, “Bingo, a great way to bond”, in The Straits Times Lifestyle, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited:

     The cards had pre-cut curves above each number, so all you had to do was to push them in and fold - just one step shy of tearing the date and time tabs on a parking coupon.

Synonyms

• parking permit - in various UK cities and towns

Translations

coupon used to pay for parking

• Finnish: pysäköintilippu