Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To restrict access to (a website or other resource) by means of a paywall.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. I can't read the article because of the paywall.

    deIch kann den Artikel wegen der Paywall nicht lesen.

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  2. We've introduced a paywall.

    deWir haben eine Paywall eingeführt.

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  3. Psychopathic corporate executives are putting API access for social media sites behind paywalls, when they're already selling user data.

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Origin

From pay + wall, by analogy with firewall.

From pay + wall, by analogy with firewall.

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Forms

paywalls, paywalling, paywalled, paywalled
Base formpaywall · to paywall
3rd person singularpaywalls
Present participlepaywalling
Past simplepaywalled
Past participlepaywalled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypaywall
he, she, itpaywalls

Past simpleLesson

all personspaywalled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave paywalled
he, she, ithas paywalled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill paywall

Word family

3 related words
Derivednonpaywalledunpaywalledpaywalled

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
payoutpayphonepayrollPCA2peaA2peaceA1
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