わっぷ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of わっぷ – see the following entry.

【割符】 [noun] alternative pronunciation of 割(わり)符(ふ) (warifu), Etymology 2 above [noun] (historical, Edo) abbreviation of 糸割符 (itowappu, “monopoly right to purchase silk thread”, literally “thread tally”). [noun] alternative form of 割賦 (wappu, “distributing allotments; purchasing in installments”)

(This term, わっぷ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)