競売

• 読み: きょうばい
• ローマ字: kyobai
• 漢字の分解: 競 (kyo) — compete, vie; 売 (bai/uri) — sell
• 発音: /kʲoː.bai/

意味

Auction; competitive bidding. A method of selling goods or assets in which prospective buyers submit bids, with the item going to the highest bidder.

In Japanese legal contexts, 競売 often refers specifically to court-supervised forced auctions of seized assets (such as mortgaged real estate). The more general, voluntary auction is sometimes called 入札 (tender/bidding) or the English loanword オークション. 競売にかける means to put something up for auction. Common in real estate, art markets, and government procurement.

例文

1. 差し押さえられた不動産が裁判所を通じて競売にかけられた。
2. 有名画家の作品が競売にかけられ、予想落札価格を大幅に上回る値がついた。
3. 競売制度は公正な価格発見の手段として、国債市場でも広く活用されている。

使い方ガイド

場面: real estate, court proceedings, art market, government procurement

トーン: official

起源と歴史

Compound of 競 (to compete) and 売 (to sell). The idea of competing to sell — or more precisely, competing to buy — is captured in the combination. The term has been used since at least the Meiji era.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Business/Legal