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- Korean · borrowed from전세(傳貰)
- English todayjeonse
Borrowed from Korean 전세(傳貰) (jeonse).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A form of lease in the South Korean real estate market in which the lessee does not pay rent, but instead provides the landlord with a large lump sum deposit which is returned in full once the lease has determined, with the landlord profiting through investment of the deposit. Full definition →
Borrowed from Korean 전세(傳貰) (jeonse).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.