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PayPal

name
/ˈpeɪˌpæl/

Etymology

Company name, from pay + pal.

  1. derived from भ्रातृ — “brother”
  2. derived from phral — “brother”
  3. borrowed from pal — “brother, friend”
  4. compounded as paypal — “pay + pal”

Definitions

  1. A worldwide online payment system.

    • Got PayPal or Visa, whatever'll please ya As long as I've got the dough.
    • It's still a business, particularly for ASMRtists who hold to a strict programming schedule, solicit PayPal donations or offer one-on-one Skype sessions for a fee.

  2. 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.
    • Find PayPals, Venmos, or CashApps of BIPOC and randomly donate money as reparations.
    • Remember that so many of us click on links to CashApps, Venmos, PayPals, etc. to donate to bail funds, Flint Water reliefs, the next Ferguson, and the like without any thought of integrating ourselves into collective action?

  3. To transfer (money) to (someone) via the PayPal system.

    • He PayPalled $150 to my account, which was only half of what we had agreed.
    • Can you PayPal me the fee?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for PayPal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA