paywall
📖 Definitions
noun
A system of restricting access to online content or services, making them accessible only upon payment.
💬 Usage Examples
“The squalid predation of many for-profit colleges. Georgia’s preposterous decision to put its legal code behind a private paywall. The examples demonstrate that private engagement, poorly managed, can indeed undermine public goods and services.” John D. Donahue; Is It Unwise to Privatize?; The Washington Monthly; Nov/Dec 2021. “Publishing behind paywalls is immoral.” Mike Taylor; Hiding Your Research Behind a Paywall Is Immoral; The Guardian (London, UK); Jan 17, 2013.