Etymology

micropayment

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Today it means: A financial transaction for a very small amount of money Full definition →

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The story

From micro- + payment, attributed to American information technologist, philosopher, and sociologist Ted Nelson.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.