If Americans write "meters" instead of "metres" (the street is 300 meters long), how do they write "meters" as in parking meters?

If they are both the same, how do they distinguish between the two?

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Wraithorn · 51-55, M

Context I suppose. There are a multitude of such words in all forms of English. Apparently they are called homonyms.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Wraithorn "Metre" is French, as are gramme and litre! I think the official SI spellings are those, too.

Wraithorn · 51-55, M

@ArishMell Well I'm S.African and I was taught British English. So I write litre, metre, theatre etc. 🙂