引き

―びき【―引き】

¶小売値段の5分～で紳士服を売る

discount men's wear at 5 percent from the retail price

¶20％～でカセットテープを売る

sell cassette tapes at a 20％ reduction ［discount］.

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I

ひき【引き】

1 〔引き立てること〕 favor; patronage; providing support 《for [to]…》; help; 〔力添え〕 support; influence; interest; connections; 《口》 pull.

●特別の引き special favor; special patronage.

●彼女が本社勤務になったのは重役の引きがあったからだ. It was thanks to the patronage [support] of one of the directors that she got appointed to the head office.

●上司の引きで昇進する get promotion through the support of one's boss [because one is in with somebody higher up]

・彼は伯父の引きでその会社に就職した. He got into the company because of his uncle's connections [his uncle had pull]. | His uncle got him into the company.

2 〔釣りの〕 a tug.

●引きがあった. There was a tug on the line.

3 【写真】 〔後退しての撮影; ロングショット〕 a long shot.

●寄りで撮るか引きで撮るか. Shall we take a close-up or a long shot?

II

-びき【-引き】

1 〔上に塗ること〕

●…引きの coated [plated] with…

・ゴム引きの coated with India rubber; rubber-coated.

2 〔割引〕

●5 分引きで at a 5% discount; at a reduction of 5 percent; at 5% off.

●3 割引きの商品 an item on which there is a thirty percent reduction; a ‘thirty percent off' article.

●現金払い 1 割引き. 〔掲示〕 10% reductions [off] on all cash purchases.