月極(つきぎめ)

つきぎめ
noun
monthly (rental/contract), by the month
daily-life
1. monthly (rental/contract), by the month
A system of payment or contract calculated on a monthly basis. Most commonly seen on parking lot signs indicating monthly rental spaces.
月極(つきぎめ)駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう)を借(か)りた。
I rented a monthly parking space.
この駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう)は月極(つきぎめ)専用(せんよう)です。
This parking lot is for monthly renters only.
会社(かいしゃ)の近(ちか)くで月極(つきぎめ)駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう)を探(さが)しているが、空(あ)きがなかなか見(み)つからない。
I'm looking for a monthly parking space near the office, but it's hard to find an opening.

Usage

Most commonly encountered in the compound 月極(つきぎめ)駐車場(ちゅうしゃじょう) (monthly parking lot), which is ubiquitous on signs throughout Japan. Also written 月決(つきぎめ)め. The word can technically apply to any monthly arrangement, but in practice is overwhelmingly associated with parking.

Writing

極(きめ) here uses the reading きめ (from 極(き)める, to decide/fix), not the more common on'yomi きょく.

Common collocations

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