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Korean slang profile

PFI

pfi

Private finance for public facilities

An abbreviation for a policy method using private funds and capabilities to provide public facilities and services required by government.

Expanded form
Private Finance InitiativePrivate Finance Initiative
Other spellings
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Earliest source found
Nov 1999
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

    당시 보고서는 영국의 PFI 정책을 소개했다.

    The report of the time introduced Britain’s PFI policy.

02Documented history

No history documented.

03Origin & word formation

Gyeonggi Province’s November 1999 지식행정 용어해설집 includes this abbreviation and its definition. The first user and time have not been verified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The November 1999 revised edition was compared on PDF page 331. The definition was checked. This is a general or specialist abbreviation of the time; it does not mean it originated or became popular that year. First use was not verified.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

  1. 지식행정 용어해설집 (경기도, 1999년 11월 수정판)Published Nov 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026
Original Korean record: Not verifiedEnglish translation: awaiting review

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