for-pay

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Adjective

for-pay (not comparable)

1. Available by subscription; used to describe a product or service that must be purchased to use; synonymous with pay in pay version.

   The website's for-pay access provides premium options.

   The freeware version will be supplanted by an overhauled for-pay release.

Usage notes

Hyphenated as an adjective before nouns, so not in cases such as "asking for pay".

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “by subscription”): free