contracted regular payment; by the (month, week, etc.)
Used as a suffix attached to time periods (月, 週, 日, etc.) to indicate a fixed-rate contract or subscription, often for parking, rent, or services. The resulting compound functions as a noun.
You can rent this parking lot on a monthly contract.
I'm looking for a weekly-rate apartment.
village rules (Edo period); village law
Rare kanji form; can also be read きわめ or ごくめ in other contexts.
Rare kanji form; more commonly read きめ.
Derived from the 連用形 (continuative form) of the verb 決める (きめる, 'to decide, fix'), used as a suffix to indicate a fixed-term arrangement. The kanji 極め is an alternative spelling with the same origin.