代金

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 代金(だいきん) is money paid in exchange for goods or a service.
• Basic usage: It states that the goods were paid for in cash upon receipt.
  • 商品の代金は、受け取り時に現金で払った。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A price and money owed
  • 値段(ねだん) refers to an item's price, while 代金 focuses on money paid in a transaction. It appears in expressions such as 代金を払う and 代金を受け取る.
• Payment for a service
  • As in 修理の代金, it can refer to payment for a service such as a repair, not only to buying an item.