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"We would agree that the purchase of the lease for the parking was a good idea ... it increased the parking for the boaters as well it made it closer," member Michael Michalski said.

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  1. noun The act or practice of temporarily leaving a vehicle or maneuvering a vehicle into a certain location.
  2. noun Space in which to park vehicles or a vehicle: ample parking behind the building.
  3. noun Upper Midwest & Western U.S. The grass strip, often planted with shade trees, between a sidewalk and a street. Also called regionally boulevard, boulevard strip, grassplot, neutral ground, parking strip, parkway, terrace, tree belt, tree lawn.
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  • One man broke for the parking area, only to be gently but firmly restrained by his neighbors. —  Jed the Dead
  • Preoccupied, the aliens ignored Ross as he darted forward, snatched Jed from atop the crude altar, and broke into an end run for the parking area. —  Jed the Dead
  • He had to hide the shares he bought, so he warehoused them -- the Americans call it parking -- at Casement's, had someone put them in their name. —  Cleary, Melissa - Dog Mystery 04 - Skull and Dog Bones
  • "We would agree that the purchase of the lease for the parking was a good idea ... it increased the parking for the boaters as well it made it closer," member Michael Michalski said. —  The OBSERVER
  • Nothing happened. —  The Robin And The Kestrel
 

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/ˈpɑrkɪŋ/
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