"paywall" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪ.wɔːl/ [UK] Forms: paywalls [plural]
Etymology: From pay + wall, by analogy with firewall. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pay|wall}} pay + wall, {{m|en|firewall}} firewall Head templates: {{en-noun}} paywall (plural paywalls)
  1. (informal, computing) A feature of a website, application or service that only allows access to certain content or functions upon payment. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: hard paywall, soft paywall, registration wall Related terms: login wall Translations (a feature of a website that only allows access to paying subscribers): 付費牆 (Chinese Mandarin), 付费墙 (fùfèiqiáng) (Chinese Mandarin), betaalmuur [masculine] (Dutch), maksumuuri (Finnish), péage [masculine] (French), Bezahlschranke [feminine] (German), Paywall [feminine] (German), fizetőfal (Hungarian), paywall [masculine] (Italian), a pagamento (Italian), accesso a pagamento (Italian), pedaggio [masculine] (Italian), betalingsmur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), paywall [masculine] (Polish), muro de pagamento [masculine] (Portuguese), paywall [masculine] (Portuguese), cachaileith-phàighidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), muro de pago [masculine] (Spanish), betalvägg [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-paywall-en-noun-lpUOmjqj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: paywalled

Verb

IPA: /ˈpeɪ.wɔːl/ [UK] Forms: paywalls [present, singular, third-person], paywalling [participle, present], paywalled [participle, past], paywalled [past]
Etymology: From pay + wall, by analogy with firewall. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pay|wall}} pay + wall, {{m|en|firewall}} firewall Head templates: {{en-verb}} paywall (third-person singular simple present paywalls, present participle paywalling, simple past and past participle paywalled)
  1. (informal, computing, transitive) To restrict access to (a website or other resource) by means of a paywall. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (topical): Computing Derived forms: nonpaywalled, unpaywalled
    Sense id: en-paywall-en-verb-t94TdQpV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: paywalled

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "unpaywalled"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pay",
        "3": "wall"
      },
      "expansion": "pay + wall",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "firewall"
      },
      "expansion": "firewall",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pay + wall, by analogy with firewall.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "paywalls",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paywalling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paywalled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "paywalled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "paywall (third-person singular simple present paywalls, present participle paywalling, simple past and past participle paywalled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To restrict access to (a website or other resource) by means of a paywall."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, computing, transitive) To restrict access to (a website or other resource) by means of a paywall."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpeɪ.wɔːl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "paywall"
}

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