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PayPal

PAY-pal
name
1
A widely used online payment service that lets people send and receive money electronically.
"You can pay for the tickets through PayPal."
verb
1
(informal) To send someone money using PayPal.
"Just PayPal me the ten pounds you owe me."

How to Use PayPal

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAn online payment company, also used informally as a verb meaning to send money via the service.

Word Forms

PayPaled past tense, PayPalled past tense, PayPals plural, PayPals singular

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Etymology

A company name blending "pay" and "pal."

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