Definition of paywall

paywall

noun

• a metaphorical "wall" that prevents access to content until payment is made.

  I stopped reading Wall Street Journal after they started using a paywall.

  Last edited on Sep 20 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 20 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'pay':
pay forward	Definitions include: to do good deeds.
pay lay	Definitions include: an insult.
pay lip service to	Definitions include: to pretend to obey or believe something, but to not do so in actuality.
pay off	Definitions include: to bribe.
pay through the nose	Definitions include: to pay too much money.
Other terms relating to 'wall':
balls to the wall	Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
bang (one's) head against a wall	Definitions include: to face difficulties while trying to solve a problem.
behind the wall	Definitions include: in prison.
Blue wall of silence	Definitions include: the police code of silence about misconduct and perjured testimony by other police, allowing them to follow illegal practices with impunity.
climb the walls	Definitions include: to feel agitated.
drive up the wall	Definitions include: to severely aggravate someone.
FTW	Definitions include: acronym for "face the wall."
get (one) against the wall	Definitions include: to get a person into a disadvantageous position.
have (one's) back to the wall	Definitions include: to have one in a position with no remaining options.
hole in the wall	Definitions include: a small, often decrepit business.
off the wall	Definitions include: strange.
paint the walls	Definitions include: to vomit forcefully, usually suddenly, leaving no time to seek a proper container; "projectile vomit".
piss (one's) money up the wall	Definitions include: to waste one's money.
sugar walls	Definitions include: the vagina.
throw against a wall and see if it sticks	Definitions include: to present an idea and test the reaction.
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