引(ひ)き下(さ)げ

ひきさげ
noun
reduction, cut, lowering
1. reduction, cut, lowering
A decrease in a rate, price, level, or standard. Commonly used for prices, taxes, interest rates, and age limits.
価格(かかく)の引(ひ)き下(さ)げを発表(はっぴょう)した。
They announced a price reduction.
金利(きんり)の引(ひ)き下(さ)げが景気(けいき)を刺激(しげき)する。
An interest rate cut stimulates the economy.
成人(せいじん)年齢(ねんれい)の引(ひ)き下(さ)げについて国会(こっかい)で議論(ぎろん)されている。
The lowering of the age of adulthood is being debated in the National Diet.

USAGE:
The opposite of 引(ひ)き上(あ)げ (increase, raise). Used extensively in economic, political, and administrative contexts when discussing reductions in numerical values such as prices, taxes, rates, or age thresholds.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 価格(かかく)の引(ひ)き下(さ)げ: price reduction
  • 金利(きんり)の引(ひ)き下(さ)げ: interest rate cut
  • 税率(ぜいりつ)の引(ひ)き下(さ)げ: tax rate reduction
  • 年齢(ねんれい)の引(ひ)き下(さ)げ: lowering of the age (limit)
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