It's just basically an on-line bank. You open an account with Paypal, then put some money in the account (via credit card or through setting up an automatic connection with your real bank which will deposit money for you). Now you have a Paypal account with money in it. When you want to pay for something, you go to your account, put in the Paypal account of the recipient (usually their e-mail address) and the amount. Your account is deducted by that amount. Similarly, if someone is sending you money, they will need your e-mail address. They will deposit money, and your account is credited accordingly. Paypal will send messages to both sender and recipient that the transaction went through. I hope that helps.
-R.M.
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