利食い

• 読み: りぐい
• ローマ字: rigui
• 漢字の分解: 利 (ri) — profit, gain; 食い (gui) — eating, consuming
• 発音: /ɾigɯi/

意味

Profit-taking; selling to lock in gains; closing a position to realise accumulated profits.

A financial market term describing the deliberate act of selling appreciated assets to realise profit before the market reverses. 利食い売り (profit-taking selling) is frequently cited in market commentary as a reason for pullbacks after a rally. The term implies strategic intent rather than panic-driven selling, and is standard vocabulary in investment journalism.

例文

1. 株価が高値圏に達したため、投資家の利食い売りが広がった。
2. 利食いのタイミングを誤ると、利益が消えてしまうことがある。
3. 相場が急騰した翌日は、利食いを狙った売り注文が増える傾向がある。

使い方ガイド

場面: stock market, trading, investment, forex

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 利 (profit, gain) and 食い (eating — from 食う, to eat/consume). The vivid metaphor of eating one's gains expresses realising profit before the market can take it back. Colloquial in origin but now standard in financial media.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Investors/Traders