買かい上あげ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Often used in business or official contexts for the act of buying goods, especially by an organization. The polite form お買い上げ is common in customer-facing situations.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を買かい上あげるto buy up/purchase something, esp. by an organization
政せい府ふは余あまった米こめを買かい上あげた。
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
この商しょう品ひんの買かい上あげ価か格かくは1000円えんです。
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
市しは空あき家やの買かい上あげを行おこなっている。
The city is carrying out the purchase of vacant houses.

Kanji

買buy
上above, up

Related words

購こう入にゅうN2
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.
買かい取とり
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.

Opposites

売ばい却きゃく
売却 means to sell something off, the direct opposite of 買い上げ, which means to buy something up.

Politeness

お買かい上あげhonorific 尊敬語
お買い上げ is the honorific form of 買い上げ, used by shops and businesses to respectfully refer to a customer's purchase.

Don't confuse with

買ばい収しゅうN1
買収 looks and sounds similar to 買い上げ but means acquiring a company or bribing someone, whereas 買い上げ simply means buying goods, often by an organization.

Counted with

件けんN2
買い上げ is typically counted with 件 when referring to individual purchase transactions or cases.

Word family

お買かい上あげ
purchase; buying

Written forms

買かい上あげUsage58%
Standard kanji spelling; the okurigana い is included.
買かい上あげUsage42%
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.