ความคุ้มค่า(kwaam kúm kâa)
Meanings
1NounB1
value for money
the quality of being worth the price paid; good return for the cost
Examples
โทรศัพท์toh-rá-sàpโทรศัพท์toh-rá-sàp1mobile phone; cellphone (colloquial)2[to] telephone [sb]; [to] call3telephone; phoneเครื่องkrêuuangเครื่องkrêuuang1machine; engine; device2appliance; electrical device3equipment; gear4aircraft (colloq.); engine (aircraft)5classifier: machines/devices6embellishment/attire (classical)7assortment/set (pref.)นี้néeนี้née1this (near speaker)2this one3this; the present (time/topic)ราคาไม่แพงraa-kaa mâi paengราคาไม่แพงraa-kaa mâi paenginexpensive; affordableและláeและláeand (coordinating)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ดีdeeดีdee1good; of good quality2kind; virtuous3well; nicely4it’s best; better (advisory tone)5gall; bileถือว่าtĕuu wâaถือว่าtĕuu wâa1[to] consider; regard; deem2[to] be considered; count as; be deemed3it's fair to say; arguably4fairly; ratherมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoความคุ้มค่าkwaam kúm kâaความคุ้มค่าkwaam kúm kâa1value for money2cost-effectiveness; overall worth
This phone is not expensive and works well; it's considered good value for the price.
2NounB2
cost-effectiveness; overall worth
the extent to which benefits justify the resources spent (money, time, or effort), not limited to price alone
Examples
การgaanการgaan1nominalizer2act; action; process3affair; matterใช้เวลาchái way-laaใช้เวลาchái way-laa1[to] spend time [doing sth/with sb]2[to] take (a certain amount of) timeเดินทางdern taangเดินทางdern taang1[to] travel; make a journey2travel; a journey (act of traveling) [formal/literary as noun]ไปทำงานbpai tam ngaanไปทำงานbpai tam ngaan[to] go to workวันละwan láวันละwan láper day; each day (rate/frequency)สองsŏngสองsŏng1two; 22secondชั่วโมงchûua-mohngชั่วโมงchûua-mohng1hour (60 minutes)2classifier: hours of timeไม่มีmâi meeไม่มีmâi mee1to not have; lack2there is/are not; does/do not exist3[reply] we don't have it; out of stockความคุ้มค่าkwaam kúm kâaความคุ้มค่าkwaam kúm kâa1value for money2cost-effectiveness; overall worthเลยloieเลยloie1so; thus; then (immediate result)2completely; absolutely (emphasis)3past; beyond; exceed4at all; whatsoever (often in negatives)สู้sôoสู้sôo1[to] fight; struggle2[to] compete; contend (against)3[to] withstand; cope with; afford4cannot match; be inferior to (negative/comparative)5keep going!; fight on! (encouragement)ย้ายไปอยู่yáai bpai yòoย้ายไปอยู่yáai bpai yòo[to] relocate; move to live (somewhere else)ใกล้glâiใกล้glâi1near; close (in distance/time/resemblance)2[to] be near; be close to; approachที่ทำงานtêe tam ngaanที่ทำงานtêe tam ngaanworkplace; officeดีกว่าdee gwàaดีกว่าdee gwàa1better; preferable (comparative of 'ดี')2had better; would rather (suggestion/decision)
Spending two hours commuting to work every day is not worth it at all; it's better to move closer to the workplace.
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ความคุ้มค่าkwaam kúm kâaความคุ้มค่าkwaam kúm kâavalue for money