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pay-per-click

[ pey-per-klik ]

noun

  1. a system used to set prices for online advertisements on a search engine or other website, by which the advertiser pays a small fee to the website publisher each time a user clicks on the advertisement.


adjective

  1. noting or relating to such a system: : PPC

    pay-per-click ads to reach your target customers.

pay-per-click

noun

  1. a system of payment used on the internet in which an advertiser on a website pays the website owner according to the number of people who visit the advertiser's website via the hyperlinked advert on the owner's website


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pay-per-click1

First recorded in 1995–2000

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