請うけ出だす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

redeem; take out of pawn

Used when reclaiming a pawned item by paying the required money. Common in contexts like 質草を請け出す.

• 祖そ母ぼの形かた見みの指ゆび輪わを質しち屋やから請うけ出だした。

  I redeemed my grandmother's keepsake ring from the pawnshop.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

buy out of bondage (geisha/prostitute)

Historical term for paying off a geisha or prostitute's debt to free her from her employer. Related to 身請け.

See also: 身請け

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、裕ゆう福ふくな商しょう人にんが遊ゆう女じょを請うけ出だすことがあった。

  In the Edo period, wealthy merchants sometimes bought courtesans out of bondage.