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micropayment

 
 
/ˈmaɪkrəʊˌpeɪmənt/ noun [C] BANKING, E-COMMERCE, MONEY

Definition

an online payment of a very small amount of money: Micropayment systems have made it possible to pay for individual downloads.
(Definition of micropayment noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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