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micropayment

British  
/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌpeɪmənt /

noun

  1. a system whereby a user pays a small fee to access a specific area of a website

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A. You could program a micropayment and send a very small amount of money to someone.

From Fox News • Dec. 7, 2021

TikTok’s domestic Chinese counterpart, Douyin, also boasts some micropayment and search features—in addition to censorship compliance—that are absent from the global version.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2020

Next year, ICM plans to introduce a proprietary micropayment system.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 21, 2012

However, the bundle offers not just a micropayment version of sea monkeys to watch bobbing up and down, but also four indie games.

From Forbes • Jun. 14, 2012

Under a micropayment system, a newspaper might decide to charge a nickel for an article or a dime for that day's full edition or $2 for a month's worth of Web access.

From Time Magazine Archive

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