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TOPIK 5verb

집행하다

jiphaenghada [지팽하다]

집행해요 · 집행했어요 · 집행할 거예요 · 집행하세요

to execute, to carry out (a sentence, budget, law)

Example

시청은 올해 예산을 계획대로 집행했습니다.

City Hall spent this year's budget as planned.

Word parts

집 hold행 do

Literally 'take hold and carry out' — enforcing what was decided.

Good to know

Common collocations: 예산을 집행하다 (spend a budget), 형을 집행하다 (carry out a sentence).