代金|だいきんdaikin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounprice; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
   本ほんの代金だいきんを小切手こぎってで払はらってもいいですか。↗

   Can I pay for the book by check?

• Synonym値段ねだんNeutralThe price of goods, whether listed or agreed, as in 「値段が高い」; 「代金」 is the sum you owe or have already paid.
• Synonym値あたいWrittenWritten/formal prose; mostly value, or a numerical value in math; 「代金」 is only the money due for goods or services.
• Synonym代価だいかWrittenWritten/formal prose: the price paid for goods, and figuratively the cost or sacrifice of doing something; 「代金」 is only the money paid.
• Synonym価格かかくNeutralThe price of goods or services; rather formal and common in economic contexts; 「代金」 is the amount owed or actually paid.
• Synonym料金りょうきんNeutralMoney paid for using a service or facility, like electricity bills or fares; 「代金」 is mostly for goods bought or lodging.
• SynonymプライスNeutralLoanword seen mainly in ads and on product labels; in everyday speech say 「値段」.
• Synonym料りょうNeutralMostly a suffix, as in 「入場料」 and 「手数料」; when said on its own, use 「料金」.
• Synonymお代おだいNeutralA politer way of saying 「代金」, used mainly by shops to customers, as in 「お代は結構です」.
• Related価額かがくWrittenLegal and accounting term for a value expressed as an amount of money, as in 「取得価額」; rare in daily use; 「代金」 is the money actually owed.
• RelatedコストNeutralLoanword for cost or expense, as in 「コスト削減」; 「代金」 is the money paid to the seller.
• Related勘定かんじょうNeutralThe bill and settling it, as in 「お勘定お願いします」; 「代金」 is the amount owed itself.
• Related費用ひようNeutralExpenses needed to do something, whether a whole item or part of spending, as in 「修理費用」; 「代金」 is specifically the price in a sale or service.
• Related経費けいひWrittenWritten/formal prose: expenses for running a business or operation, as in 「経費で落とす」; 「代金」 is the price in a purchase.
• Related相場そうばNeutralThe market price or going rate, as in 「相場より安い」; 「代金」 is the amount in a specific transaction.
• Related時価じかNeutralThe current market price; on restaurant menus it means priced at market rate; 「代金」 is what you owe for a given purchase.
• Related払いはらいNeutralPayment, mostly as 「支払い」 or 「分割払い」; 「代金」 is the money to be paid itself.
• Related定価ていかNeutralThe list price fixed in advance; 「代金」 is what you actually pay, which may be discounted.
• Related買値かいねNeutralThe price at which you buy, as opposed to the selling price; 「代金」 is a general term for the money paid.

Use 「代金」 for the money owed or paid when buying goods or receiving a service, as in 「代金を請求する」. To talk about how high or low a price is, use 「値段」 or 「価格」; money paid for using a service or facility is 「料金」; shops politely say 「お代」. 「費用」, 「経費」 and 「コスト」 are about costs and expenses rather than a purchase price, while 「定価」 is the list price and 「相場」 the going market rate.

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1. 品物しなものを買かったときなどに対価たいかとして支払しはらうお金かね。