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paisa vasool

paisa vasool noun: bang for the buck; cost-effective, value for money, worthwhile.

Noun

paisa vasool (uncountable)

  1. (India, idiomatic) bang for the buck; cost-effective, value for money, worthwhile
    • Even though a film is well mounted, however much these magazines may bolster it up, if it is not paisa vasool, and pampers the people's values and devotions, they dump it.2002, Jacob Srampickal, Messages Or Massages? Media Matters in India Today, page 46
    • I usually look forward to storms. It's a once-in-a-lifetime moment... For me, it's paisa vasool. I get my money back if I go through a storm like that. Otherwise I can always stay at home, you know what I mean.2019 January 17, Shreya Dhoundial, “It Was 'Paisa Vasool': Undeterred by Injuries, Navy Officer Abhilash Tomy is Ready to Test Waters Again”, in News18
    1. (India, broadly, idiomatic) appealing heavily to the masses.

paisa vasool meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

paisa vasool in Hindi

high value, bang for buck
पैसा वसूल paisā vasūl

paisa vasool in Marathi

high value, bang for buck
पैसा वसूल paisā vasūl

paisa vasool in Bengali

high value, bang for buck
পয়সা উসুল poẏośa uśul

paisa vasool in Telugu

high value, bang for buck
పైసా వసూల్ paisā vasūl

Origin of paisa vasool

Borrowed from Hindi पैसा वसूल (paisā vasūl, literally “money recovered”).

Questions about paisa vasool

What does paisa vasool mean?
Paisa vasool means bang for the buck; cost-effective, value for money, worthwhile.
What is paisa vasool in Hindi?
Paisa vasool in Hindi is पैसा वसूल (paisā vasūl). See Paisa vasool meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is paisa vasool?
Paisa vasool is a noun.

Words near paisa vasool in the dictionary

  1. pairwisely
  2. pairwork
  3. pais
  4. Pais effect
  5. paisa
  6. paisa vasool
  7. paisan
  8. paisana
  9. paisanas
  10. paisano
  11. paisanos

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