わりふ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of わりふ – see the following entry.

【割符】 [noun] (historical) [12th to 19th century] a type of receipt held by parties to an agreement, consisting of a piece of bamboo or wood featuring a seal, writing, or other image, which is split into halves held by each party [noun] (historical) [13th to 17th century] a bill of exchange or promissory note issued when making an agreement [noun] [from 17th century] a receipt, something given as evidence of an agreement or transaction [noun] counting or inspecting goods stored or exchanged [noun] synonym of 割賦 (wappu, “distributing allotments; purchasing in installments”) [verb] to verify inventory, to count or inspect goods being stored or exchanged Alternative spelling 割り符

(This term, わりふ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as わりふ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as わりふ.)