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掛け

かけ

credit; buying on account

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Examples

  1. この店では掛けで買えます。

    このみせではかけでかえます。

    You can buy on credit at this shop.

  2. 長くつき合うには掛けは禁物。

    ながくつきあうにはかけはきんもつ。

    Short accounts make long friends.

  3. 掛けの代金は月末に払う約束になっている。

    かけのだいきんはげつまつにはらうやくそくになっている。

    The account is to be settled at the end of the month.

Common patterns

掛けで買う
to buy on account
掛け売り
selling on credit
掛け払い
payment on account

Memory tip

This 掛け is old shop language for taking goods now and settling later. Keep it apart from the suffix 〜掛け in 腰掛け or 出掛け, and from 賭け, "a bet", which sounds the same.

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