Korean slang profile
VFM
vfm
Value for money
An abbreviation for a concept evaluating whether benefits are commensurate with the funds invested.
- Expanded form
- Value for MoneyValue for Money
- Other spellings
- —
- 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
민간투자 계획을 VFM 관점에서 검토했다.
I reviewed the private investment plan from a VFM perspective.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
Gyeonggi Province’s November 1999 지식행정 용어해설집 gives this abbreviation and a corresponding 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 332. It is a general or specialist abbreviation of the time, not a claim of first use or popularity that year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 지식행정 용어해설집 (경기도, 1999년 11월 수정판)Published Nov 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026