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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Pay station

So I'm stuck and Google can't give me an answer. When talking about a payment machine in a car park is it pay station or pay-station or paystation. Dictionary says pay station is an American paid for street phone
  

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'paystation' had its heyday in the 1950s, but except for that, 'pay station' has been the preferred form for a century. The hyphenated form has never been the preferred form. t1%3B%2Cpay%20-%20station%3B%2Cc0 CJ

— CalifJim

  • 'paystation' had its heyday in the 1950s, but except for that, 'pay station' has been the preferred form for a century.
  • The hyphenated form has never been the preferred form.
  • t1%3B%2Cpay%20-%20station%3B%2Cc0 CJ
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'paystation' had its heyday in the 1950s, but except for that, 'pay station' has been the preferred form for a century. The hyphenated form has never been the preferred form.

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In the US, it is a parking meter (individual parking spot for one car) or an automated pay station for the entire parking area.
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I never hear people in a parking lot talk about the pay station. I just hear 'the machine'.
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I never hear "pay station" in the UK. The term I hear is "ticket machine" or just "machine".
AnonymousSo I'm stuck and Google can't give me an answer.
I wonder if I may be allowed to express my personal dislike of this habit of introducing a topic with "So ...".
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GPYI wonder if I may be allowed to express my personal dislike of this habit of introducing a topic with "So ...".
You may. However, it's a losing battle.

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