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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. informal, computing A feature of a website, application or service that only allows access to certain pages, data or features to paid up subscribers.
Etymologies
- pay + wall, by analogy with firewall (Wiktionary)
Examples
“A paywall is fine, if he thinks that will work for his [...] [Read more →]”
“Hidden behind the WSJ's stupid paywall is this wonderful piece by Ian Mount about rare, "lost" art-films resurfacing at online video sites like Google and YouTube -- and some ensuing copyright squabbles:”
“No, people are using the word paywall inappropriately.”
“The has changed the so-called paywall debate: suddenly, the topic doesn't seem to be Times doesn't want to call it a "paywall", but ...”
“Recently, The New York Times established what's called a paywall.”
Voice of America: Abundance of Digital Info Could Signal End of Newspapers
“It is also an emphasis on pay-TV that is catching, with the company successfully forcing local US network owners to pay Fox re-transmission fees – and, indeed, the much-discussed paywall, which is most easily understood as a hopeful attempt to turn the Times into a subscription business.”
The Guardian: James Murdoch's move hints at next chapter for News Corp
“Times Co. said more than 100,000 people signed up for new digital subscriptions, after it introduced a so-called paywall March 28.”
“The only papers that should even be thinking about a paywall are the large, well-recognized brands like NY Times and WSJ.”
Lists
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chambers dictionary 12th edition
a list of whats new
anyone read the Chambers?agroterror, agroterrors, agroterrorist, agroterrorists, backronym, backronyms, bahookie, bahookies, beatboxed, beatboxing, biocomputer, biocomputers and 65 more...
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discoveries
These are lexical items new to me that I've discovered in actual use (i.e. not in dictionaries, lists, or this site).
Looking back over this list, I haven't the slightest idea what mos...haymow, hawsepipe, stridor, bariatric, autotelic, apotropaic, cyanotype, tourelle, autobody, zudecca, stifado, corbeille and 1073 more...
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New Oxford American - 2009 Word of th...
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unfriend, hashtag, intexticated, netbook, paywall, sexting, freemium, funemployed, zombie bank, Ardi, birther, choice mom and 7 more...
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mpg A feature of a website that only allows access to certain pages or data to paid up subscribers taken from wiktionary Aug 15, 2009