PayPal

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/ˈpeɪˌpæl/

proper noun

A worldwide online payment system.

“Can you PayPal me the fee?”

Very commonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A worldwide online payment system.

    Got PayPal or Visa, whatever'll please ya As long as I've got the dough.

    2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic, eBay (song)
    1 more example

    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.

    2014, Caitlin Gibson, “YouTube viewers transfixed by the whispering woman”, in The Baltimore Sun
nounPayPal (plural PayPals)

plural PayPals

  1. informalAn account on the PayPal system.

    Find PayPals, Venmos, or CashApps of BIPOC and randomly donate money as reparations.

    2024, Maria Minnis, “The Lovers”, in Tarot for the Hard Work: An Archetypal Journey to Confront Racism and Inspire Collective Healing, Newburyport, Mass.: Weiser Books, →ISBN, section “Choosing to Redistribute Wealth”
    2 more examples

    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.

    2016 October, Willam Belli, “How to Suck Less at Your Career”, in Suck Less: Where There’s a Willam, There’s a Way, New York, N.Y.: Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN

    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?

    2024, Too Black, Rasul A. Mowatt, “Conclusion”, in Laundering Black Rage: The Washing of Black Death, People, Property, and Profits, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN
verbPayPal (third-person singular simple present PayPals, present participle PayPaling or PayPalling, simple past and past participle PayPaled or PayPalled)

present singular third person PayPals · participle present PayPaling · participle present PayPalling · participle past PayPaled · past PayPaled · participle past PayPalled · past PayPalled

  1. ditransitiveTo transfer (money) to (someone) via the PayPal system.

    Can you PayPal me the fee?

    1 more example

    He PayPalled $150 to my account, which was only half of what we had agreed.

Origin

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APA

PayPal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PayPal

MLA

“PayPal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PayPal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PayPal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PayPal.

Source: PayPal on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.