ギャラ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

abbreviation

Abbreviation of ギャランティー. Used for fees paid to performers, artists, celebrities, or speakers for an appearance or performance. Common in entertainment and media contexts.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉にギャラを払はらうto pay someone an appearance fee
主しゅ催さい者しゃは歌か手しゅにギャラを払はらった。
The organizer paid the singer an appearance fee.
ギャラをもらうto receive an appearance/performance fee
彼かれは今こん回かいのイベントでかなり高たかいギャラをもらった。
He received a pretty high fee for this event.
ギャラが高たかい／安やすいthe appearance fee is high/low
その有ゆう名めい人じんはギャラが高たかくてなかなか呼よべない。
That celebrity's fee is so high that it's hard to book them.
ギャラで稼かせぐto earn money through performance fees
彼かの女じょはライブのギャラで生せい活かつ費ひを稼かせいでいる。
She earns her living expenses through fees from live performances.

Related words

ギャランティー
ギャラ is the common spoken abbreviation, while ギャランティー is the fuller, more formal term used in contracts or written business contexts.
出しゅつ演えん料りょう
出演料 is a more formal, written term for a performance fee, whereas ギャラ is the casual industry word used in everyday speech.
謝しゃ礼れい
謝礼 is a broader term for a token of thanks or honorarium given for a favor or service, while ギャラ specifically refers to a performer's fee.
報ほう酬しゅうN1
報酬 is a general word for compensation or reward for work, while ギャラ is specifically used for entertainers' appearance fees.

Don't confuse with

ギャラリー
ギャラ is a shortened slang word for a performer's fee (from ギャランティー), and is easily confused with ギャラリー despite meaning something entirely different.

Word family

ノーギャラ
unpaid; without pay
ギャラ飲のみ
paid drinking outing; getting paid to go out drinking

Etymology

Abbreviation of ギャランティー, from English 'guarantee', which came to mean a guaranteed fee for performers.