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TOPIK 4noun

대가

daega [대까]

대가가 · 대가를

price, cost; payment

Example

실수에 대한 대가를 치러야 했어요.

I had to pay the price for my mistake.

Word parts

대 exchange가 price

Literally 'price in exchange'.

Good to know

Pronounced [대까]; without tensing, 대가 means 'great master', as in 음악의 대가.