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Braintree

American  
[breyn-tree] / ˈbreɪnˌtri /

noun

  1. a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.


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In 2013, PayPal acquired the fintech company Braintree, which owned the social payment service Venmo, giving PayPal an edge in mobile commerce.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Through his lawyer, Timothy Burke of Braintree, Mass., Pesarik declined to comment on the case while he considers an appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

On one hand, PayPal’s assets, which also include Venmo, Braintree and remittance products, “are deeply synergistic,” wrote Bernstein analyst Harshita Rawat.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026

Mr Bridges, 76, says keeping his two-bed bungalow near Braintree warm was a necessity as his wife has spinal stenosis and is in "a lot of pain" when it gets colder.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

Instead, he was born in Braintree, twelve miles south of Boston, in 1735, the son of a farmer and shoemaker, who sent Adams to Harvard in the hope he might become a minister.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis