大おお商あきない

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Meanings

1

heavy trading; large turnover

Used in business and stock market contexts to describe a day or period with a high volume of transactions.

今日きょうの東とう京きょう市し場じょうは大おお商あきないだった。
The Tokyo market saw heavy trading today.
決けっ算さん発はっ表ぴょうを受うけて、その銘めい柄がらは大おお商あきないとなった。
Following the earnings announcement, the stock experienced heavy turnover.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉は大おお商あきないとなるfor a market to see heavy trading
東とう証しょうは大おお商あきないとなった。
The Tokyo Stock Exchange saw heavy trading.
大おお商あきないを演えんじるto put on a day of heavy trading (market report idiom)
日にっ経けい平へい均きんは大おお商あきないを演えんじた。
The Nikkei average saw a day of heavy trading.

Kanji

大large, big
商make a deal, selling, dealing in

Related words

商あきない
商い is the general word for trade or business, while 大商い specifically means a day or period of unusually heavy trading volume.
出で来き高だか
出来高 is the neutral, numerical term for trading volume, while 大商い is a qualitative label for a day when that volume is notably large.
活かっ況きょう
活況 describes a generally brisk or booming market condition, whereas 大商い specifically points to a high volume of transactions in a given session.

Opposites

薄うす商あきない
薄商い refers to light, thin trading with few transactions, the direct opposite of 大商い's heavy trading volume.

Don't confuse with

大おお商人あきんど
大商人 shares the kanji 大商 with 大商い but means 'a great merchant' (a person), not a period of heavy trading.

Built from

大おお+商あきなう

Etymology

Compound of 大 (おお, 'large') and 商い (あきない, 'trade, business').