据(す)え置(お)く

すえおく
verb (godan, transitive)
to leave as is; to defer; to keep unchanged
他動詞 transitiveformalbusinessaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present据(す)え置(お)く据(す)え置(お)かない
Present polite据(す)え置(お)きます据(す)え置(お)きません
Past据(す)え置(お)いた据(す)え置(お)かなかった
Past polite据(す)え置(お)きました据(す)え置(お)きませんでした
て form据(す)え置(お)いて据(す)え置(お)かなくて
ている present据(す)え置(お)いている据(す)え置(お)いていない
ている polite据(す)え置(お)いています据(す)え置(お)いていません
ている past据(す)え置(お)いていた据(す)え置(お)いていなかった
ている past polite据(す)え置(お)いていました据(す)え置(お)いていませんでした
Conditional ば据(す)え置(お)けば据(す)え置(お)かなければ
Conditional たら据(す)え置(お)いたら据(す)え置(お)かなかったら
Volitional据(す)え置(お)こう—
Volitional polite据(す)え置(お)きましょう—
Potential据(す)え置(お)ける据(す)え置(お)けない
Passive据(す)え置(お)かれる据(す)え置(お)かれない
Causative据(す)え置(お)かせる据(す)え置(お)かせない
Imperative据(す)え置(お)け据(す)え置(お)くな
1. to leave as is; to keep unchanged; to hold at the current level
To maintain something at its current state or level without changing it. Commonly used for prices, interest rates, taxes, and other quantitative measures that could be raised or lowered.
金利(きんり)を据(す)え置(お)く。
To keep interest rates unchanged.
It was decided to keep tuition fees unchanged this fiscal year.
The Bank of Japan unanimously decided to keep the policy interest rate at its current level.

Godan verb (か row): 据(す)え置(お)く・据(す)え置(お)きます
て-form: 据(す)え置(お)いて
た-form: 据(す)え置(お)いた

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Primarily used in financial, economic, and policy contexts. Very common in news reporting about central bank decisions and pricing.