paisa vasool

9.9

Gives good value for the money paid

adjective

Indian

: vale la pena

The show was complete paisa vasool—every minute was enjoyable and worth the ticket price.

Examples

This budget smartphone is real paisa vasool for students on a tight budget.
Many street food stalls offer meals that are truly paisa vasool.
This meal was truly paisa vasool!
The movie was a paisa vasool experience.
Many street food stalls offer meals that are truly paisa vasool.
The show was complete paisa vasool—every minute was enjoyable and worth the ticket price.
This budget smartphone is real paisa vasool for students on a tight budget.

Synonyms

worth it

vspaisa vasool

Informal

518 3.5

Good enough so the time, effort, or money you spent was not wasted

focuses specifically on monetary value rather than time or effort justification

good value

vspaisa vasool

23 1.7

A product or service that is worth the money you pay because it works well

emphasizes giving clear monetary value for what was spent

worth every penny

vspaisa vasool

Informal

16 3.4

Gives good value for the money spent

means good value but not always claiming complete or absolute worth

bang for the buck

vspaisa vasool

7 4.4

A good value for the money you spend

is the same idea expressed in neutral everyday valuation rather than slang

How Valuable

paisa vasool

Indian

9.9

economic value

Specialized

9 3.3

disvalued

1 8.0

Surface Forms

paisa vasool positive

Morphology

paisa + vasool

This is a South-Asian loan phrase combining 'paisa' (money) with Hindi/Urdu 'vasool' (to recover/collect), so a learner who knows both constituents could infer the sense of 'getting money's worth' or 'worth the money spent'. However, 'vasool' is not an English word and the construction is region-specific rather than a standard English compositional pattern, so the meaning is only partially predictable to general B1 learners.

Etymology

Paisa vasool comes from Hindi: paisa means money and vasool means 'to get back'. The image is of a buyer who feels they 'got their money back' because the thing they bought gave full value, so the phrase means 'worth the money' or 'good value'.