PayPal

English

Etymology

Company name, from pay +‎ pal.

Proper noun

PayPal

1. A worldwide online payment system.
   • 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic, eBay (song)

     Got PayPal or Visa, whatever'll please ya
     As long as I've got the dough.

   • 2014, Caitlin Gibson, “YouTube viewers transfixed by the whispering woman”, in The Baltimore Sun:

     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.

Derived terms

• PayPaler

Noun

PayPal (plural PayPals)

1. (informal) An account on the PayPal system.
   • 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:

     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.

   • 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”:

     Find PayPals, Venmos, or CashApps of BIPOC and randomly donate money as reparations.

   • 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:

     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?

Verb

PayPal (third-person singular simple present PayPals, present participle PayPaling or PayPalling, simple past and past participle PayPaled or PayPalled)

1. (ditransitive) 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?