pay-per-click

[ pey-per-klik ]

/ ˈpeɪ pərˈklɪk /

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noun

a system used to set prices for online advertisements on a search engine or other website, by which the advertiser pays a small fee to the website publisher each time a user clicks on the advertisement.

adjective

noting or relating to such a system: pay-per-click ads to reach your target customers.Abbreviation: PPC

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Origin of pay-per-click

First recorded in 1995–2000

Words nearby pay-per-click

pay one's respects, pay one's way, payout, payout ratio, PayPass, pay-per-click, pay-per-view, pay phone, payroll, payroller, payroll tax

How to use pay-per-click in a sentence

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Now, on my first day here, you pay me back for what I did then—as if it needed paying back!
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“We shall make Mr. Pickwick pay for peeping,” said Fogg, with considerable native humour, as he unfolded his papers.
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British Dictionary definitions for pay-per-click

pay-per-click

noun

a system of payment used on the internet in which an advertiser on a website pays the website owner according to the number of people who visit the advertiser's website via the hyperlinked advert on the owner's website

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