🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

copago

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /koˈpa.ɣo/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Copay/ˈkoʊ.peɪ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El paciente debe abonar un pequeño copago por cada consulta médica."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A fixed amount paid by an insured person for a specific medical service or prescription drug, established by an insurance policy.

    "My health insurance requires a fifteen-dollar copay for every primary care doctor visit."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived as a portmanteau of the prefix 'co-' (meaning joint or mutual, from Latin 'com-') and 'payment' (from Latin 'pacare', to pacify or satisfy a debt). Formed in late 20th-century American English health insurance terminology to describe the fixed fee paid by a patient at the point of receiving medical services.

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