買ばい収しゅう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

買収する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Primarily used in business contexts for corporate acquisitions, mergers, and buyouts. Can also refer to purchasing assets or companies.

Refers to the act of bribing someone, often in political or business scandals. Implies illicit payment to influence decisions.

〈会かい社しゃ〉を買ばい収しゅうするto acquire/buy out a company
大おお手て企き業ぎょうがその小ちいさな会かい社しゃを買ばい収しゅうした。
The major corporation acquired the small company.
〈人ひと〉を買ばい収しゅうするto bribe someone; to buy someone off
彼かれは審しん判ぱんを買ばい収しゅうしようとした。
He tried to bribe the referee.
〈人ひと〉に買ばい収しゅうされるto be bribed/bought off by someone
その議ぎ員いんは業ぎょう者しゃに買ばい収しゅうされていたことが分わかった。
It turned out that the lawmaker had been bribed by the contractor.

合がっ併ぺいN1sense 1
合併 describes two companies merging as equals, while 買収 describes one company purchasing and taking control of another.
贈ぞう賄わい sense 2
贈賄 is the formal legal term for the act of giving a bribe, while 買収 is a broader, more everyday word that covers the same act as well as legitimate business buyouts.
乗のっ取とり
買収 refers to a general (often negotiated) corporate acquisition or buyout, while 乗っ取り emphasizes a hostile or forceful takeover.
乗のっ取とるN1
買収する refers to acquiring a company through purchase, which can be friendly, while 乗っ取る implies a forceful or hostile takeover.

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賄わい賂ろN1
買収 usually describes the act of corrupting or buying off a person (often with 賄賂 as the means), while 賄賂 refers to the bribe itself.
買かい取とり
買収 is used for acquiring companies, land, or influence (and can mean bribery), while 買い取り is the neutral, concrete term for purchasing goods, rights, or used items.

収しゅう賄わい sense 2
収賄 means accepting a bribe, the opposite side of the act described by 買収, which means giving a bribe to influence someone.

賄わい賂ろN1sense 2
賄賂 is the noun for the bribe itself, while 買収 is the act of bribing or buying someone off.
買かい上あげ
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.

回かいN4
買収 (an act of acquisition or bribery) is counted as an occurrence with 回, e.g. 一回の買収.

Compound of 買 (buy) and 収 (obtain, gather). The bribery sense developed from the idea of 'buying' a person's favor or influence.