venmo

present singular third person venmos · participle present venmoing · participle past venmoed · past venmoed · participle past venmo'd · past venmo'd

1. Alternative letter-case form of Venmo.

   They are taking off work two hours early, confirming babysitters, venmoing dog walkers.

   2022, Lauren Kate, chapter 1, in By Any Other Name, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 5

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   In all the examples mentioned earlier, consumers wouldn’t pay pennies every day by venmoing the seller.

   2019, Utpal Dholakia, “Is It Worth the Price?”, in Priced to Influence, Sell & Satisfy: Lessons from Behavioral Economics for Pricing Success, →ISBN, page 94

   Many hours and dollars a year go into reading these emails and then acting on their directives—sending the kid in with a bagged lunch for the museum trip, buying something for the class basket, wrapping the Secret Santa present, venmoing Angela for the principal’s gift.

   2020 January 7, Ada Calhoun, “The Caregiving Rack”, in Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis, London: Grove Press UK, →ISBN

   I’ve been going nuts, ready to assemble a search party, certain Ginny wasn’t a teenage girl and Theo was being held at knifepoint until he venmoed the contents of his bank account to some thug with an eye patch and a set of brass knuckles.

   2021, Jacqueline Firkins, chapter 6, in How Not to Fall in Love, Clarion Books, HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, page 71

plural Venmos

1. informalAn account on the Venmo peer-to-peer mobile payment system.

   A Venmo pops up. Jesse Desmond. I thought that was his voice.

   2023, Rachel Anne Jones, “Chapter Seventeen: Nash”, in Ramblin’ Nash: A Day in the Life of a Flower Shop Boy, White Bear Lake, Minn.: Fire & Ice Young Adult Books, Melange Books, LLC, →ISBN

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   It was part of a larger trend of monetizing the demand for unpaid emotional labor that became bigger and bigger after the 2016 election. At first, posting a Venmo or CashApp “for emotional labor” was something I noticed activists doing, usually Black women who were being asked to donate their time and expertise for free to the public, and even to private institutions with the budget to pay them.

   2022, Aimée Lutkin, “What Is Dating?”, in The Lonely Hunter: How Our Search for Love Is Broken: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: The Dial Press, →ISBN, part 1, page 94

   His vest had a Kevin Bacon hashtag and a Venmo on it. “I have to give it to Doug, he is a hustler,” Briana said, eyeing the Venmo. “Doug would punch me in the face for a billion dollars.”

   2023, Abby Jimenez, Yours Truly, London: Piatkus, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN

   Where many bars published their staff’s Venmos and Cash Apps so that patrons could show some financial appreciation while they were out of work, Troupe429 went further. […] Each “Troupetender” card featured a cute headshot, a QR code linked to the employee’s online cash account, and a recipe for a cocktail.

   2023, Greggor Mattson, “#SaveTheGayBars from Another Pandemic: Troupe429 ■ Norwalk, Connecticut”, in Who Needs Gay Bars? Bar-Hopping through America’s Endangered LGBTQ+ Places, Stanford, Calif.: Redwood Press, →ISBN

   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”

   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

present singular third person Venmos · participle present Venmoing · participle past Venmoed · past Venmoed · participle past Venmo'd · past Venmo'd · alternative venmo

1. informalintransitiveTo use the Venmo peer-to-peer mobile payment system, originally principally for splitting bills such as for food, drinks, entertainment, and transportation.

   Venmoing may be standard, but here’s why I’ve switched.

   2018 August 26, Louise Matsakis, “It's Time to Stop Sending Money on Venmo”, in Wired

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   Don’t want to bother splitting the brunch check five ways? Split it two ways instead, and three people will have some Venmoing to do.

   2013 August 5, Emma Roller, “The Spawn of Facebook and PayPal”, in Slate

   We had only Venmoed once or twice in our short relationship, but I knew it was an app he used frequently with his friends.

   2016 August 2, Tonya Riley, “After a Breakup, I Turned to Venmo for Closure”, in Cosmopolitan.com

   She's the keeper of all the receipts and bills (and hopefully sees the benefit this will be if she's using a rewards credit card) and at the end of the trip she divides the total and everyone Venmos!

   2020, Kerstin Lindquist, Where’s My Crown for Acting Like Everything Is Fine?

2. ditransitiveinformalTo transfer money to someone using the Venmo peer-to-peer mobile payment system.

   Jillian had Venmoed me half my fee that morning.

   2023, Sonia Hartl, chapter 13, in Rent to Be: A Novel, Alcove Press, The Quick Brown Fox & Company LLC, →ISBN

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   "Keeps to himself," he said, "Venmos the rent. Never calls to fix nothin'." In other words, a perfect tenant.

   2020, John McMahon, The Evil Men Do, page 176

   Ariana Grande is lending a hand to help her fans in need amid the current coronavirus pandemic.

   2020 March 26, Nicholas Rice, “Ariana Grande Venmos Money to Fans in Financial Need amid Coronavirus Crisis”, in People.com

   I know his occasional emails and the few times he Venmoed me money will never compare to what Mom does for me.

   2024, Ronni Davis, This Night Is Ours, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN