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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

公定する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

official; officially fixed

Used for rates, prices, or values set by a public authority. Common in compounds like 公定価格 (official price) and 公定歩合 (official discount rate).

〈物もの〉を公こう定てい価か格かくで買かうto buy something at the official price
米こめは公こう定てい価か格かくで買かうことができた。
Rice could be bought at the official price.
公こう定てい歩ぶ合あいを上あげるto raise the official discount rate
日本にほん銀ぎん行こうは公こう定てい歩ぶ合あいを上あげた。
The Bank of Japan raised the official discount rate.
公こう定てい価か格かくを定さだめるto set or establish an official price
政せい府ふは生せい活かつ必ひつ需じゅ品ひんの公こう定てい価か格かくを定さだめた。
The government set official prices for daily necessities.

公こう式しきN2
公式 means 'official' in the sense of formal, authorized, or publicly announced, while 公定 specifically refers to a rate or price officially fixed by authorities.
法ほう定てい
法定 means fixed by law specifically, whereas 公定 means fixed by a public authority, which may or may not be through legislation.
公こう認にんN1
公認 means officially recognized or approved by authorities, while 公定 means a value such as a price or rate is officially set by them.

自じ由ゆうN4
自由 (as in 自由価格) describes a price or rate determined freely by the market, the opposite of 公定, which is fixed by authorities.

Compound of 公 (public, official) and 定 (determine, fix). The term is used in modern Japanese primarily in economic and administrative contexts.