買かい入いれ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to the act of purchasing goods, especially in a business or institutional context. Often used for stocking up or acquiring supplies.

会かい社しゃは新あたらしい機き材ざいの買かい入いれを決きめた。
The company decided to purchase new equipment.
買かい入いれ価か格かくが上あがっている。
The purchase price is rising.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の買かい入いれthe purchasing/procurement of X
政せい府ふは米こめの買かい入いれを行おこなった。
The government carried out the purchase of rice.
買かい入いれを行おこなうto carry out a purchase/procurement
企き業ぎょうは原げん材ざい料りょうの買かい入いれを行おこなっている。
The company is carrying out the procurement of raw materials.
買かい入いれ価か格かくpurchase price (the price at which something is bought in)
米こめの買かい入いれ価か格かくが上あがった。
The purchase price of rice went up.

Kanji

買buy
入enter, insert

Related words

購こう入にゅうN2
購入 is a general, formal word for buying anything, while 買い入れ specifically suggests procurement or stocking up for business or institutional use.
仕し入いれN1
仕入れ is buying goods specifically to resell, whereas 買い入れ is broader and can cover purchases for internal use or reserves.
購こう買ばいN1
購買 is a formal, often institutional term for purchasing (e.g. a company's purchasing department), close in register to 買い入れ but less tied to stockpiling.
買かい付つけ
買い入れ is a more general, formal term for purchasing or acquisition, whereas 買い付け specifically suggests commercial buying in quantity from a supplier.

Opposites

売ばい却きゃく
売却 means to sell off (assets, goods), the direct opposite of 買い入れ, which means to buy in.

Don't confuse with

買かい取とり
買い取り means buying up existing goods (often secondhand) from someone, while 買い入れ emphasizes procuring stock or supplies for one's own business.

Word family

資し産さん買かい入いれ
asset purchase

Written forms

買かい入いれUsage27%
Standard kanji spelling with full okurigana; preferred in news and formal writing.
買かい入いれUsage45%
Variant with reduced okurigana; less common but still seen.
買かい入いれUsage28%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; mostly found in older or compact texts.

Etymology

Compound of 買い (kai, 'buying', continuative form of 買う) + 入れ (ire, 'putting in', continuative form of 入れる). Literally 'buying and putting in', referring to the act of purchasing and bringing in goods.