collocation · formal
secure payment gateway
UK/sɪˈkjʊə ˈpeɪmənt ˈɡeɪtweɪ/US/səˈkjʊr ˈpeɪmənt ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ/se·CURE PAY·ment GATE·way
An online service that securely processes electronic payments for merchants.
Examples
“To sell subscriptions on our site we integrated a secure payment gateway that supports credit cards.”
“Customers prefer websites that use a well‑known secure payment gateway because they trust the checkout process.”
“Regulations require e‑commerce platforms to use secure payment gateways to protect card details.”
Band 8 sentence
“For our international store we implemented a secure payment gateway that supports multiple currencies and tokenised card data.”
Collocations
- set up a secure payment gateway
- integrate a payment gateway
- payment gateway provider
Word family
Common mistakes
secure a payment gateway→set up a secure payment gateway
a secure payment gateway→secure payment gateway
Say it for a higher band
5payment processor→6online payment system→7+secure payment gateway
Synonyms
payment processor
Easily confused
payment processor
“The small business switched to a new payment processor to reduce fees.”
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