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micropurchase

micropurchase noun: a purchase for a very small amount of money.

Noun

micropurchase (plural micropurchases)

  1. A purchase for a very small amount of money.
    • These changes have helped to drive the use of payment cards for even so-called micropurchases, which are those less than $5.2007 June 17, Elizabeth Olson, “Who Needs Pocket Change When You’ve Got Plastic?”, in New York Times

Forms of micropurchase

pluralmicropurchases

Origin of micropurchase

From micro- + purchase.

Questions about micropurchase

What does micropurchase mean?
Micropurchase means a purchase for a very small amount of money.
What part of speech is micropurchase?
Micropurchase is a noun.
What is the plural of micropurchase?
The plural of micropurchase is micropurchases.

Words near micropurchase in the dictionary

  1. micropuncturation
  2. micropuncture
  3. micropunctured
  4. micropunctures
  5. micropuncturing
  6. micropurchase
  7. micropurchases
  8. micropurification
  9. micropustular
  10. micropustule
  11. micropustules

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