Korean slang profile
다운료
daunryo
Download fee
Money paid to download files or information online.
- Expanded form
- 다운로드 + 료(요금)다운로드 (download) + 료 (fee)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2010
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
파일을 받기 전에 다운료가 얼마인지 살폈다.
Before getting the file, I checked the 다운료.
02Documented history
- 2010The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection lists the headword “다운료” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
This expression was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2009 new-word collection. The collection identifies 다운 as coming from download and explains money paid to download information. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword and definition in the 2010 collection were checked. The original re-quoted articles were not directly opened, so their dates were not used as firstSeen. The original coinage and path of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2009년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원·전주대학교 한국어문화원)Published 2010Original source checked Nov 14, 2026