買い付け・買付け・買付|かいつけkaitsuke[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
買い付け買い付け is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners; use it for buying in large quantities or for a usual store or supplier.
買付け買付け is a less common written variant of 買い付け. You may encounter it in writing, but beginners should use 買い付け instead.
買付買付 is less common than 買い付け and 買付け. It is written entirely in kanji; beginners should use 買い付け instead.
Definitions
  1. nounbuying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in
    父ちちのしごとは羊毛ようもうの買い付かいつけです。↗
    My father's work is to buy wool.
  2. no-adjective(one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym買い込みかいこみNeutralStocking up or buying in large amounts, as in 「食料を買い込む」; 「買い付け」 is more about merchants buying in stock or one's regular store.
  • Related買い上げかいあげNeutralBuying up of private assets by the government, or a customer's purchase, as in 「お買い上げ」; 「買い付け」 is merchants buying in stock.
  • Related購入こうにゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose for the general act of buying; widely usable. 「買い付け」 is more specific to merchants buying in bulk.
  • Related購買こうばいWrittenWritten/formal prose for procurement, or a school co-op store as in 「購買部」; 「買い付け」 is merchants buying in stock.
  • Related買取かいとりNeutralBuying things outright, especially used goods, as in 「中古品の買取」; 「買い付け」 is about bulk buying in of stock.
  • Related購求こうきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose for seeking and buying something; 「買い付け」 is merchants buying in bulk.
  • Antonym売却ばいきゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose for selling off property or goods; the opposite of 「買い付け」 on the buy–sell axis.
  • Antonym放出ほうしゅつWrittenWritten/formal prose for releasing stock or goods; the opposite of 「買い付け」, with goods going out rather than in.
  • Antonym売り払いNeutralSelling off or disposing of something; the noun form often appears in fairly formal transaction language. Opposite of buying in.

Use 「買い付け」 for merchants buying in stock in bulk at the source, or for one's regular store or brand, as in 「海外買い付け」「買い付けの店」. For stockpiling use 「買い込み」, for a general formal purchase 「購入」, for buying used goods outright 「買取」. The opposites are 「売却」 and 「放出」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. いつもよく買かっていること。
  2. 仕入しいれること。
  3. あわびの異名いみょう。
  4. 「かいつける」の未然形みぜんけい及および連用形れんようけい。
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