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paypoint

paypoint noun: a location where people can make payments for a service.

Noun

paypoint (plural paypoints)

  1. A location where people can make payments for a service.
    • An advantage of buying prepaid electricity at Easypay paypoints is that you are not restricted to purchasing electricity within an^([sic]) certain area. Buy electricity for your meter in Gauteng and use it when you get home in Cape Town.2003, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Drum: A Magazine of Africa for Africa, page 91
    • At smaller mobile paypoints, stall holders set themselves up for an hour or two, and then follow pension vehicles to the next paypoint.2014, Naila Kabeer, Gender & Social Protection Strategies in the Informal Economy

Forms of paypoint

pluralpaypoints

Origin of paypoint

From pay + point.

Questions about paypoint

What does paypoint mean?
Paypoint means a location where people can make payments for a service.
What part of speech is paypoint?
Paypoint is a noun.
What is the plural of paypoint?
The plural of paypoint is paypoints.

Words near paypoint in the dictionary

  1. PayPals
  2. payphone
  3. payphones
  4. paypig
  5. paypigs
  6. paypoint
  7. paypoints
  8. payraise
  9. payraises
  10. payrise
  11. payrises

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