PayPal

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PayPal

  • /ˈpeɪˌpæl/

Where it comes from

Company name, from pay + pal.

proper noun

  1. A worldwide online payment system. Got PayPal or Visa, whatever'll please ya As long as I've got the dough.

noun PayPals

  1. informal An account on the PayPal system. A penis with a PayPal is a dangerous thing. Never pay for hookers with online money transfers. It’s considered wire fraud, which is a federal crime.

verb PayPals · PayPaling · PayPalling · PayPaled · PayPalled

  1. ditransitive To transfer (money) to (someone) via the PayPal system. He PayPalled $150 to my account, which was only half of what we had agreed.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cyberpayment, e-payroll, ebay, autopay, e-payment, cybercurrency, pay-per-click, e-pal, dotcom, pay-per-view, e-bank, ebayer, autopayment, platform, mail, pay-by-wave

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"PayPal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paypal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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PayPal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paypal

Chicago

"PayPal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paypal.

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@misc{paypal_2026,
  title = {PayPal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paypal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}