買い上げ・買上げ|かいあげkaiage[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
買い上げ買い上げ is the most common written form of this word and the spelling beginners should normally choose when writing.
買上げ買上げ is a less common written variant of 買い上げ; readers may encounter it, but beginners should generally use 買い上げ instead.
Definitions
  1. nounbuying; purchasing; procurement
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym購入こうにゅうNeutralThe most neutral and formal word for buying, as in 「チケット購入」; 「買い上げ」 usually means an official buyout or a store's honorific for a customer's purchase.
  • Synonym購買こうばいNeutralAn economic term for procurement or consumer buying; also means a school co-op store.
  • Synonym買取かいとりNeutralBuying something outright to make it one's own — used goods, land, assets — as in 「買取査定」; 「買い上げ」 is official buyouts or a store's honorific for customer purchases.
  • Related買い付けかいつけNeutralBulk buying or sourcing of goods by a business, stressing the merchant's supply channels; also means one's usual store or brand.
  • Related買い込みかいこみNeutralBuying in quantity and laying in stock, with the emphasis on purchasing ahead so supplies are on hand for later use.
  • Antonym売却ばいきゃくWrittenSelling off property, goods or a business; a formal, written word that is the opposite of 「買い上げ」.

Use 「買い上げ」 for government buyouts or a store's honorific for a customer's purchase, as in 「お買い上げありがとうございます」 and 「国の買い上げ」. For ordinary purchases say 「購入」; for merchants stocking goods, 「買い付け」; for buying outright, 「買取」. The opposite is 「売却」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 民間みんかんの所有しょゆうする土地とち・資産しさんを、政府せいふや自治体じちたいが買収ばいしゅうすること。
  2. 客きゃくが店みせのものを買かうこと。
  3. 「かいあげる」の未然形みぜんけい。
  4. 「かいあげる」の連用形れんようけい。
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