English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
micro- + purchase
micropurchase (plural micropurchases)
- A purchase for a very small amount of money.
2007 June 17, Elizabeth Olson, “Who Needs Pocket Change When You’ve Got Plastic?”, in New York Times[1]:These changes have helped to drive the use of payment cards for even so-called micropurchases, which are those less than $5.