買い取り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
買 取
か
Grade: 2		 と
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 買い (kai, “buying”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 買う kau, “to buy”) +‎ 取り (tori, “taking”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 取る toru, “to take”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かいとり [kàítórí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ito̞ɾʲi]

Noun

買(か)い取(と)り • (kaitori) ←かひとり (kafitori)?

  1. a purchase, a sale (transaction)
  2. (particularly) a purchase on a no-return policy (generally in reference to a business's purchase of inventory)
  3. a lump-sum payment, a flat fee

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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