거스름돈

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From 거스름 (geoseureum), verbal noun form of 거스르다 (geoseureuda, “to give somebody change”) + (don, “money”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geoseureumdon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geoseuleumdon
McCune–Reischauer?kŏsŭrŭmton
Yale Romanization?kesulumqton

Noun[edit]

거스름돈 (geoseureumdon)

  1. change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)

See also[edit]

  • 잔돈 (jandon, “(small) change”)
  • 우수리 (usuri, “change; an odd sum”)