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買い上げ (かいあげ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Thank you for your purchase.
The city is proceeding with the purchase of land.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 買か い 上あ げる to buy up/purchase something, esp. by an organization
The government bought up the surplus rice.
〈 物もの 〉 の 買か い 上あ げ 価か 格かく the purchase price of something
The purchase price of this product is 1000 yen.
〈 物もの 〉 の 買か い 上あ げを 行おこな う to carry out the purchase of something
The city is carrying out the purchase of vacant houses.
Related words 購入 is the neutral, formal word for any purchase, while 買い上げ specifically implies buying by an organization or for an official purpose, often appearing as お買い上げ toward customers.
買取 refers to a shop or business buying items, often secondhand goods, from individuals at a set price, while 買い上げ is used more broadly for an organization purchasing goods such as government-bought agricultural surplus.
Written forms 買か い 上あ げ Usage 58%
Standard kanji spelling; the okurigana い is included.
買かい 上あ げ Usage 42%
Variant without okurigana; less common but still used.
Etymology Compound of 買い (kai, 'buying', the continuative form of 買う) and 上げ (age, 'raising' or 'completing', from 上げる). The combination suggests the completion of a purchase.
