: a system that prevents Internet users from accessing certain Web content without a paid subscription
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Members get all of our content (including the magazine), no paywalls or content meters, an advertising-minimal experience, and unique access to our writers and editors (through conference calls, social media groups, and more).
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The Editors, National Review, 13 May 2024
Putting free tools like its lyrics feature behind a paywall could be the company’s way of converting more free users into paying subscribers.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 May 2024
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The Editors, National Review, 13 May 2024
Putting free tools like its lyrics feature behind a paywall could be the company’s way of converting more free users into paying subscribers.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 May 2024
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“Paywall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paywall. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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paywall
noun
pay·wall
ˈpā-ˌwȯl 
: a system that prevents Internet users from accessing certain Web content without a paid subscription
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