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売買契約 (baibaikeiyaku) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

売ばい買ばい契けい約やく

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Meanings

1

sales contract; contract of sale

Legal and business term for a formal agreement to buy and sell goods, property, or services.

不ふ動どう産さんの売ばい買ばい契けい約やくを結むすぶ前まえに、重じゅう要よう事じ項こう説

せつ

明めい

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受う

け

た

。

Before signing the real estate sales contract, I received an explanation of important matters.

売ばい買ばい契けい約やく書しょには、双そう方ほうの署しょ名めいが必ひつ要ようです。

The sales contract requires signatures from both parties.

Kanji

売sell
買buy
契pledge, promise, vow
約promise, approximately, shrink

Related words

売ばい買ばい
売買 means 'buying and selling' or 'trade' in general, while 売買契約 specifically refers to the formal contract for such a transaction.
契けい約やく
契約 is a broad term for any contract or agreement; 売買契約 narrows it to a sales contract.

Built from

売ばい買ばい+契けい約やく

Etymology

Compound of 売買 (ばいばい, 'buying and selling') and 契約 (けいやく, 'contract').