掛け

かけ
credit

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I

―かけ【―掛け】

①［掛けるための道具］

*rack

〖C〗［しばしば複合語で］ …掛け， ラック

**stand

〖C〗［しばしば複合語で］ (物を載せる［立てる］)台， …立て， …掛け.

〖関連〗

◇ → 帽子掛け

◇ → 壁掛け

◇ → 洋服掛け

◇ → タオル掛け

②［途中の］

¶ → やり掛けの仕事

II

かけ【掛け】

〔掛け売り， 掛け買い， つけ〕

*credit

〖U〗掛け(売り)， 信用貸し， つけ， クレジット

buy a new car on credit 掛けで新車を買う.

▲Short accounts make long friends. ((ことわざ))長いつき合いには掛けは禁物

buy a thing on trust 物を掛けで買う.

III

―がけ【―掛け】

①［…のついで］

〔途中〕

¶ → 帰り掛けに

②［…を身につけて］

¶ → エプロン掛けで

③［…人掛け］

¶ → 二人掛けのソファー

¶ → 三人掛けのいす

④［割］

¶8～で売る

sell O at a 20 percent discount ［at 20 percent off］ 2割引で売る.

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I

かけ【掛け】

1 〔掛け売り･掛け買い〕 《on》 credit; 《口》 on tick; 〔掛け代金〕 《pay》 an account; 《pay》 a bill.

●掛けで on credit [《口》 tick]; 《米》 《口》 on the cuff

・掛けで売る[買う] sell [buy] sth on credit [《口》 tick].

●掛けにする put 《a purchase》 on one's account; buy 《an article》 on credit

・掛けにしておいてください. Please put it on [charge it to] my account [bill].

●掛けを取りに行く go to collect bills [payment].

2 〔掛けうどん･掛けそば〕 ⇒かけうどん, かけそば.

II

-かけ【-掛け】

1 〔動作の途中･中断･完了の寸前〕 midway [partially] through; in the process of doing.

●咲きかけのバラ a rose on the point of blooming; a half-open rose; a partially open rose

・腐りかけのキャベツ a cabbage which has begun to go bad; a (partially) rotting head of cabbage; a head of cabbage in the process of rotting [starting to rot]

・食べかけのサンドイッチ a partly eaten [half-eaten] sandwich

・食べかけで席を立つな. Don't leave the table till you've finished eating [in the middle of your meal].

・吸いかけのたばこ a half-smoked cigarette; a partially smoked cigarette

・書きかけの手紙 a half-written[-finished] letter; a letter one is in the process of writing

・作りかけの家具 a half-made[-finished] piece of furniture; a piece of furniture in the making

・使いかけの(＝開封された)調味料 an opened bottle [jar, packet] of seasoning

・壊れかけのいす a half-broken [rickety, shaky] chair.

●そのセーターはまだ編みかけだ. I still haven't finished (knitting) that sweater. | That sweater is still only half-finished [half-knitted].

2 〔物を掛ける物〕 a rest; a rack; a peg; a hanger; a hook; a holder.

●帽子かけ a hat rack; a hat peg

・洋服かけ a coat hanger

・タオルかけ a towel rack [holder, hanger]; 〔鉤式の〕 a towel hook; 〔環式の〕 a towel ring; 〔床に置く〕 a towel stand.

3 〔割合〕 ⇒-がけ 3.

III

-がけ【-掛け】

1 〔…を身につけて〕 in…; with…on; wearing….

●わらじがけで in straw sandals

・ゆかたがけで in a yukata; with a yukata on; wearing a yukata.

2 〔しようとするとき･途中･ついで〕 in the process of…; on the way 《to…》; having just started 《on…, doing》.

●寝がけに just before going to bed; on the point of (going to) bed; as one is about to go to bed

・…への行きがけに on one's way to 《school》.

●出がけに電話が鳴った. Just as I was about to leave [leaving] the house, the phone rang. | The telephone rang as I was on the point of going out.

・学校からの帰りがけに友人の家に寄った. On the way back [home] from school I dropped in at a friend's house. | I dropped in on a friend as I was coming home from school.

3 〔割合〕 percent; 〔倍数〕 《ten》 times 《the price》; 《ten》 times 《as expensive》.

●定価の 8掛けで売る sell at 80 percent of the price [at a discount of 20 percent]

・この幅の 2 つ掛けの長さ a length twice as long as this is wide; twice the length of this width

・これの 4 つ掛けの長さにしてください. Please make it four times as long as [the length of] this.

4 〔着席する人数分の〕 seating.

●片側に 2 人掛け seating two on each side 《of the coach》

・(座席に)3 人掛けですわる sit three to a seat

・5 人掛けのベンチ a bench for five (people).