買取・買い取り・買取り|かいとりkaitori[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
買取買取 is the most common written form and the recommended choice for beginners.
買い取り買い取り is a less common kanji-and-kana spelling of the word; beginners should use 買取 instead when choosing a form.
買取り買取り is a less common kanji-and-kana spelling of the word; beginners should use 買取 instead when choosing a form.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbpurchase; buying; buying out
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbbuying used articles as a company; trade-in; buy back
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbpurchase on a no-return policy
- nounlump-sum payment; flat fee
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 買取する（かいとりする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 買取します（かいとりします） |
| Negative (nai) | 買取しない（かいとりしない） |
| polite (masen) | 買取しません（かいとりしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 買取せず・買取せぬ（かいとりせず・かいとりせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 買取した（かいとりした） |
| polite (mashita) | 買取しました（かいとりしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 買取しなかった（かいとりしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 買取しませんでした（かいとりしませんでした） |
| Te form | 買取して（かいとりして） |
| Potential | 買取できる（かいとりできる） |
| Passive | 買取される（かいとりされる） |
| Causative | 買取させる（かいとりさせる） |
| Causative passive | 買取させられる（かいとりさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 買取すれば（かいとりすれば） |
| tara | 買取したら（かいとりしたら） |
| Volitional | 買取しよう（かいとりしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 買取しましょう（かいとりしましょう） |
| Imperative | 買取しろ（かいとりしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym買収ばいしゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose: corporate acquisitions and takeovers, but also bribery. 「買取」 is buying something to make it your own, covering buyouts and secondhand trade-ins.
- Synonym買い上げかいあげNeutralGovernment buy-ups of private assets, or as the shop honorific 「お買い上げ」 for a customer's purchase; 「買取」 broadly means buying something for yourself.
- Synonym買い取るかいとるNeutralThe verb form: to buy something to make it your own. 「買取」 is its noun form, seen often in 「買取価格」.
- Synonym購買こうばいWrittenWritten/formal prose: procurement by companies or groups, also a school co-op store; 「買取」 is buying up or acquiring.
- Synonym買い上げるかいあげるNeutralVerb: governments, public bodies or those in power buying from private parties, or buying up everything; 「買取」 broadly means buying for yourself.
- Synonym買い入れるかいいれるNeutralVerb: buying in goods, stocking up on purchases; 「買取」 stresses buying out and taking ownership.
- Synonym買うかうNeutralThe basic verb 'to buy'; 「買取」 is buying out or acquiring.
- Related買い付けかいつけNeutralBulk purchasing or stocking up, wholesale buying; 「買取」 leans toward buying up used goods.
- Related買い込むかいこむCasualColloquial: buying in large quantities to stock up; 「買取」 is buying up or acquiring.
- Related買い求めるかいもとめるWrittenWritten/formal prose: paying money to buy something you want; 「買取」 stresses buying out and taking ownership.
- Related購入こうにゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose: the general word for paying money to obtain something; 「買取」 stresses buying out and taking ownership.
- Related買い出しかいだしCasualColloquial: going out shopping, or buying in bulk or at wholesale; 「買取」 is buying something to keep.
- Related買い物かいものNeutralEveryday shopping, or the goods you bought; 「買取」 is buying out or acquiring.
- Related買いかいNeutralThe act of buying, especially buying stocks in anticipation of a rise; 「買取」 is buying out or acquiring.
- Related買い付けるかいつけるNeutralVerb for buying in bulk or buying regularly; 「買取」 is buying up or acquiring.
- Related購求こうきゅうWrittenRare written/formal word for seeking out and buying what you need; everyday speech uses 「購入」, and 「買取」 is buying up.
- Related買い受けるかいうけるWrittenWritten/formal legal term for purchasing, taking over goods or rights; 「買取」 stresses buying out and taking ownership.
- Related購うあがなうWrittenOld written/formal word for paying to obtain something, also written 「贖う」; everyday speech says 「買う」.
- Antonym売却ばいきゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose: selling off goods, real estate or a business — the opposite direction from 「買取」.
- Antonym販売はんばいNeutralSelling goods, common in both speech and writing; the opposite of 「買取」.
Use 「買取」 for buying something to make it your own — buyouts, or taking in secondhand goods — as in 「買取価格」. For ordinary buying use 「買う」 or 「購入」; for corporate takeovers 「買収」; for government buy-ups 「買い上げ」. The opposites are 「販売」 and 「売却」.
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