つけ・付け・附けtsuke[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounbill; bill of sale; payment invoice
2. nountab (for later payment); credit
   つけでお願ねがいします。↗

   I want to put this on house charge.
3. noun, goattachment; contact playusu. ツケ
4. noun, kabukisound effect produced by striking a wooden board with clappers
5. nounletter
6. nounreason; motive; pretext
7. nounone's fortune; one's luck

• SynonymクレジットNeutralLoanword for credit, credit transactions, or paying by credit card; 「付け」 is the tab you keep at a shop you know well.
• Related後払いあとばらいNeutralPaying after receiving the goods or service; a neutral term, as in 「後払い決済」. Unlike 「付け」 it is simply deferred payment, with no sense of a standing tab.
• Related後ばらいNeutralA mixed-kana spelling of 「後払い」 with the same meaning, used less often.
• Antonym外しNeutralTaking something off or removing it; opposed to 「付け」 in its attachment sense, though not a fixed antonym.

Use 「付け」 for the tab you settle later at a shop you frequent, as in 「付けにしておいて」 — it has an old-fashioned, regular-customer feel. For deferred payment in general say 「後払い」, and for credit cards or credit transactions say 「クレジット」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 請求せいきゅう。勘定書かんじょうがき。
2. （1.より）他者たしゃに与あたえる不利益ふりえき。迷惑めいわく。
3. あとばらい。
4. （3.より）穴埋あなうめ。代償だいしょう。結果けっか責任せきにんを負おうこと。
5. 「つける」の未然形みぜんけい及および連用形れんようけい。
6. 「つく」の仮定形かていけい及および命令形めいれいけい。