Korean slang profile
가격창조
gagyeokchangjo
Lowering prices through production costs
A method of finding ways to cut prices by reducing manufacturing costs, beyond cutting distribution costs.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Aug 17, 1998
- 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
그 기획안은 제조원가 절감을 가격창조의 핵심으로 꼽았다.
The proposal identified lower manufacturing costs as the core of 가격창조.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
A 1998 서울신문 article explains it as the name of a new sales strategy lowering manufacturers’ costs. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The definition and social context presented in the contemporary article were compared. First coinage, current range of use, and the extent of spread remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 가격창조/崔澤滿 논설위원(外言內言) (서울신문)Published Aug 17, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026