वसूल करना (vasool karnaa)

verb A compound verb meaning 'to collect/recover' (money, dues, payment) and, in a common figurative extension, 'to get one's money's worth.' Inline Hindi noun वसूल (vasool) plus करना (karnaa, 'to do') combine into this fixed verb phrase.
Sense 1 : to collect or recover (money, dues, a debt)
verb, transitive The person or entity from whom money is collected is marked with से (se): किसी से पैसे वसूल करना (kisii se paise vasool karnaa, 'to collect money from someone').
Synonyms: उगाहना (ugaahnaa, formal/administrative), लेना (lenaa, meaning scope: general 'to take/get' rather than specifically 'recover a due')
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the everyday word for a landlord collecting rent, a bank recovering a loan, or the traffic police collecting a fine (jurmaanaa vasool karnaa) -- it carries a slightly official or transactional flavor, as if someone is owed something and is now claiming it. You will hear it constantly in contexts of rent, bills, dues, and fines around Delhi-NCR.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use ले लेना (le lenaa) when they mean the specific sense of recovering a debt or due; वसूल करना (vasool karnaa) is the word landlords, shopkeepers, and officials actually use for collecting dues, rent, fines, or fees. 2) The source of the money takes से (se), not को (ko): मकान मालिक ने किरायेदार से किराया वसूल किया (makaan maalik ne kiraayedaar se kiraayaa vasool kiyaa, 'the landlord collected rent from the tenant'), not किरायेदार को.
Sample Sentences:
मकान मालिक हर महीने की पहली तारीख को किराया वसूल करता है। The landlord collects the rent on the first of every month.
(makaan maalik har mahiine kii pahlii taariikh ko kiraayaa vasool kartaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
ट्रैफिक पुलिस ने चौराहे पर उससे जुर्माना वसूल किया। The traffic police collected a fine from him at the crossing.
(traiphik pulis ne chauraahe par usse jurmaanaa vasool kiyaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
बैंक उसके ऊपर बकाया कर्ज वसूल करने की कोशिश कर रहा है। The bank is trying to recover the outstanding loan from him.
(baink uske oopar bakaayaa karj vasool karne kii koshish kar rahaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कृपया बिजली का बिल समय पर वसूल कर लें, वरना जुर्माना लगेगा। Please collect the electricity bill payment on time, or a penalty will be added.
(kripyaa bijlii kaa bil samay par vasool kar len, varnaa jurmaanaa lagegaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
अगर वह समय पर पैसे न दे, तो हमें कानूनी तरीके से वसूल करना पड़ेगा। If he doesn't pay on time, we will have to recover the money through legal means.
(agar vah samay par paise n de, to hamen kaanoonii tariike se vasool karnaa padegaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
पिछले साल नगर निगम ने लाखों रुपये का टैक्स वसूल किया था। Last year, the municipal corporation had collected lakhs of rupees in tax.
(pichhle saal nagar nigam ne laakhon rupye kaa taiks vasool kiyaa thaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर उससे बकाया वसूल किया जाता, तो कंपनी को इतना नुकसान न होता। If the dues had been recovered from him, the company wouldn't have suffered such a loss.
(agar usse bakaayaa vasool kiyaa jaataa, to kampnii ko itnaa nuksaan n hotaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Passive
किरायेदारों से पानी का बिल हर तीन महीने में वसूल किया जाता है। The water bill is collected from the tenants every three months.
(kiraayedaaron se paanii kaa bil har tiin mahiine men vasool kiyaa jaataa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
सोसाइटी का सचिव चाहता है कि सारा बकाया इस हफ्ते वसूल कर लिया जाए। The society secretary wants all the dues to be collected this week.
(sosaaitii kaa sachiv chaahtaa hai ki saaraa bakaayaa is haphte vasool kar liyaa jaae।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Passive
दुकानदार ग्राहकों से पहले पूरा एडवांस वसूल कर लेता है, फिर सामान देता है। The shopkeeper first collects the full advance from customers, then hands over the goods.
(dukaandaar graahkon se pahle pooraa edvaans vasool kar letaa hai, phir saamaan detaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
एजेंट कमीशन वसूल करने के बाद ही कागज़ात आगे भेजता था। The agent used to send the documents forward only after collecting his commission.
(ejent kamiishan vasool karne ke baad hii kaagzaat aage bhejtaa thaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
Sense 2 : to get one's money's worth, to make something worthwhile (figurative)
verb, intransitive Common in the fixed idiom पैसे वसूल (paise vasool, 'worth the money') used as a review-style comment on movies, food, or purchases, often without a finite verb at all: पैसे वसूल फिल्म है (paise vasool philm hai, 'it's a value-for-money film').
Synonyms: पूरा फायदा लेना (pooraa phaaydaa lenaa, descriptive paraphrase, not a fixed idiom)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: पैसे वसूल (paise vasool) is a beloved piece of everyday Bollywood-adjacent slang: friends leaving a masala movie or a big thali meal will say पैसे वसूल हो गए (paise vasool ho gae, 'got my money's worth') with real satisfaction. It reflects a very Indian consumer instinct -- value-for-money as its own small triumph.
Common Mistakes: 1) The phrase पैसे वसूल (paise vasool) is often used adjectivally (as in पैसे वसूल फिल्म (paise vasool philm, 'a paisa-vasool film')) rather than as a full sentence with वसूल करना (vasool karnaa) conjugated -- learners trying to force a full verb where the fixed phrase is more natural will sound stiff.
Sample Sentences:
यार, ये फिल्म देखकर पैसे वसूल हो गए! Dude, watching this movie totally got my money's worth!
(yaar, ye philm dekhkar paise vasool ho gae!)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
इस थाली में तो पैसे वसूल हो जाते हैं, इतना खाना मिलता है। You really get your money's worth with this thali, you get so much food.
(is thaalii men to paise vasool ho jaate hain, itnaa khaanaa miltaa hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
अगर टिकट इतना सस्ता है तो मेला घूमकर पैसे वसूल कर लेना। If the ticket is this cheap, make sure you get your money's worth roaming around the fair.
(agar tikat itnaa sastaa hai to melaa ghoomkar paise vasool kar lenaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
इस जिम की मेंबरशिप से पैसे वसूल करने के लिए रोज़ आना पड़ेगा। To get your money's worth from this gym membership, you'll have to come every day.
(is jim kii membarship se paise vasool karne ke lie roz aanaa padegaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
काश हम एक दिन और रुक पाते, तब सफ़र के पैसे पूरी तरह वसूल हो जाते। If only we could have stayed one more day, then the trip would have been fully worth the money.
(kaash ham ek din aur ruk paate, tab safar ke paise poorii tarah vasool ho jaate।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Passive
अगर तू ये मसाला फिल्म पॉपकॉर्न के साथ देखे, तो पैसे वसूल हो जाएँ। If you watch this masala film with popcorn, it might just be worth the money.
(agar too ye masaalaa philm popkorn ke saath dekhe, to paise vasool ho jaaen।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Passive
बुफे में इतनी वैराइटी थी कि पैसे वसूल हो गए। There was so much variety at the buffet that it was totally worth the money.
(buphe men itnii vairaaitii thii ki paise vasool ho gae।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
क्या इस कॉन्सर्ट के टिकट के पैसे वसूल हुए या नहीं? Did the concert ticket end up being worth the money or not?
(kyaa is konsart ke tikat ke paise vasool hue yaa nahiin?)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
मैं तो हर पैसे का मज़ा लेकर पैसे वसूल करता हूँ, चाहे कहीं भी जाऊँ। I always make sure to get my money's worth, wherever I go.
(main to har paise kaa mazaa lekar paise vasool kartaa hoon, chaahe kahiin bhii jaaoon।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस एक्टर की फिल्में हमेशा पैसे वसूल करती हैं, एक्शन इतना ज़्यादा होता है। This actor's films always deliver value for money, there's so much action.
(is ektar kii philmen hameshaa paise vasool kartii hain, ekshan itnaa zyaadaa hotaa hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Verb (irregular)
infinitive: वसूल करना (vasool karnaa)
infinitive oblique: वसूल करने (vasool karne)
habitual/simple (sg.m): वसूल करता (vasool kartaa)
habitual/simple (pl.m): वसूल करते (vasool karte)
habitual/simple (sg.f): वसूल करती (vasool kartii)
habitual/simple (pl.f): वसूल करतीं (vasool kartiin)
continuous (sg.m): वसूल कर रहा (vasool kar rahaa)
continuous (pl.m): वसूल कर रहे (vasool kar rahe)
continuous (sg.f): वसूल कर रही (vasool kar rahii)
continuous (pl.f): वसूल कर रहीं (vasool kar rahiin)
perfective (sg.m): वसूल किया (vasool kiyaa)
perfective (pl.m): वसूल किए (vasool kie)
perfective (sg.f): वसूल की (vasool kii)
perfective (pl.f): वसूल कीं (vasool kiin)
imperative (informal): वसूल कर (vasool kar)
imperative (neutral): वसूल करो (vasool karo)
imperative (formal): वसूल कीजिए (vasool kiijie)
future (1sg.m): वसूल करूँगा (vasool karoongaa)
future (1sg.f): वसूल करूँगी (vasool karoongii)
future (1pl.m): वसूल करेंगे (vasool karenge)
future (1pl.f): वसूल करेंगी (vasool karengii)
future (2sg.m): वसूल करेगा (vasool karegaa)
future (2sg.f): वसूल करेगी (vasool karegii)
future (2pl.m): वसूल करोगे (vasool karoge)
future (2pl.f): वसूल करोगी (vasool karogii)
future (3sg.m): वसूल करेगा (vasool karegaa)
future (3sg.f): वसूल करेगी (vasool karegii)
future (3pl.m): वसूल करेंगे (vasool karenge)
future (3pl.f): वसूल करेंगी (vasool karengii)
subjunctive (1sg): वसूल करूँ (vasool karoon)
subjunctive (1pl): वसूल करें (vasool karen)
subjunctive (2sg): वसूल करे (vasool kare)
subjunctive (2pl): वसूल करो (vasool karo)
subjunctive (3sg): वसूल करे (vasool kare)
subjunctive (3pl): वसूल करें (vasool karen)