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The phrase "a pay wall" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a system that prevents access to content without payment, often seen in online media.
Example: "Many news websites have implemented a pay wall to generate revenue from their articles."
Alternatives: "subscription barrier" or "payment barrier".
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But don't call it a pay wall.
So the editors put online content behind a pay wall.
Google penalizes sites that keep content behind a pay wall.
This model has one big advantage: it is easier to adjust than a pay wall.
In Germany, Schwäbisches Tagblatt became the 35th newspaper to introduce a pay wall.
(Here's a link to the press release, though the journal itself is behind a pay wall).
The New Yorker still leaves much of its content on NewYorker.com behind a pay wall.
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"A pay-wall MIGHT make a little money – we will make a lot".
Hit a pay-wall = find alternative source for the story.
The manual could be modeled upon the protocol currently published (and behind a pay-wall) in the recent paper in Plant Cell Morphogenesis Methods and Protocols (2014).
As noted by one respondent, inability to access study results, perhaps because they are " behind a 'pay wall'", served to distance gatekeepers from research, further discouraging engagement.
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