1. paywall - Noun
2. paywall - Verb
paywall (plural paywalls)
(informal, computing) A feature of a website, application or service that only allows access to certain content or functions upon payment.
paywall (third-person singular simple present paywalls, present participle paywalling, simple past and past participle paywalled)
(informal, computing, transitive) To restrict access to (a website or other resource) by means of a paywall.
Anyone got a link to the CDC report being referenced behind this paywall? Source: Internet
A dedicated search engine will store the posts (and those behind the paywall too) in a particularly search-friendly way, in order to retrieve the text and the post ID, without scanning the entire database. Source: Internet
Another successful paywall publisher, The New York Times, has taken several years to get to 2.6 million digital-only subscriptions, or 3 percent of its digital traffic, according to the Times and comScore data. Source: Internet
An editor has hit out at readers who have abused his journalists over their newspaper’s online paywall. Source: Internet
From April 16–30, the paywall will drop on tabloids The Province, Toronto Sun, Calgary Sun, Edmonton Sun, Ottawa Sun, and Winnipeg Sun. Source: Internet
However, Islanders shouldn’t discover that we’ve been volunteered as a testbed by receiving second-hand reports from behind the paywall of the Daily Telegraph. Source: Internet