PayPal
/ˈpeɪˌpæl/
PayPal proper noun: a worldwide online payment system.
Proper noun
PayPal
- 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) - 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
- Got PayPal or Visa, whatever'll please ya
Noun
PayPal (plural PayPals)
- 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.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
- 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...
Verb
PayPal (third-person singular simple present PayPals, present participle PayPaling or PayPalling, simple past and past participle PayPaled or PayPalled)
- 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?
Forms of PayPal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | PayPals |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | PayPals |
| present participle | PayPaling |
| present participle | PayPalling |
| past participle | PayPaled |
| past | PayPaled |
| past participle | PayPalled |
| past | PayPalled |
Origin of PayPal
Company name, from pay + pal.
Words formed from PayPal
Questions about PayPal
- What does PayPal mean?
- PayPal means a worldwide online payment system.
- What part of speech is PayPal?
- PayPal can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce PayPal?
- PayPal is pronounced /ˈpeɪˌpæl/.
Words near PayPal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: PayPal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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