micropayment

British

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌpeɪmənt /

noun

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

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micropayment

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

From Fox News ● Dec. 7, 2021

But western platforms like Anchor and Twitch have been successful in implementing micropayment features in podcasting and gaming, and the same could be true of music.

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 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

There are also competing micropayment schemes in the works, like Trivnet, which automatically lumps your e-commerce bill into your phone or Internet-service-provider bill on a monthly basis.

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