close of business; leaving time; retiring
Refers to the end of a business day, school day, or other regular activity; often used in compounds like 引け時.
See also: 引け時 (ひけどき)
今日は引けが早いので、映画に行こう。
Since work finishes early today, let's go to a movie.
being outdone; compare unfavorably
Almost exclusively used in the set phrase 引けを取る, meaning to be inferior or lose out in comparison.
See also: 引けを取る (ひけをとる)
彼は経験では誰にも引けを取らない。
He is second to none in experience.
Abbreviation of 引け値; used in financial contexts for the price at market close.
See also: 引け値
今日の引けは昨日より高かった。
Today's closing price was higher than yesterday's.
sink mark; shrink mark (casting, molding)
Technical term in manufacturing; often written in katakana as ヒケ.
この部品にはヒケが見られる。
Sink marks can be seen on this part.
When school lets out, everyone goes to play together.
引け後に同僚と飲みに行った。
After work, I went for drinks with colleagues.
この製品は品質で他社に引けを取らない。
This product is not inferior to others in quality.
I sold that stock at the closing price.
A sink mark appeared on the plastic product.
終値 is the standard, everyday term for a stock's closing price, whereas 引け is more of a trading-floor abbreviation for the same concept.
引け in 引けを取る expresses being outdone in a comparison, while 劣る is the plain verb meaning to be inferior, usable in any sentence.
始業 marks the start of the business or school day, the direct opposite of 引け, which marks its end.
始値 is a stock's opening price, the direct opposite of 引け (closing price) in market terminology.
引け (closing time, being outdone, closing price, sink mark) and 引き (pulling; a discount) share the kanji 引 but are different words with different readings and meanings.
close; be over; break up · lose one's nerve; feel daunted
closing of a market; end of a trading session · closing price
sense of inferiority; feeling of being at a disadvantage
closing price; closing quotation
closing time; time to leave
Standard kanji spelling for most senses.
Katakana spelling is especially common for the sink/shrink mark sense in technical contexts.
Noun form of the verb 引ける (to close, to end, to pull back). The financial sense is an abbreviation of 引け値, and the manufacturing sense derives from the idea of pulling or shrinking.
closing at a high price; closing higher