買い取り

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 買取, 買取り

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいとり [kàítórí] (Heiban – [0])
• 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