月賦

• 読み: げっぷ
• ローマ字: geppu
• 漢字の分解: 月 (getsu/tsuki) — month; 賦 (fu) — instalment, levy, allocation
• 発音: /ɡep.pɯ/

意味

Monthly instalment payment; a purchase repaid in equal monthly payments over a set period.

A noun referring to the system of spreading a purchase or debt into equal monthly payments. Predates modern credit card systems and is still used in contracts for large purchases such as furniture and appliances. The term implies a formal instalment agreement rather than informal borrowing. Compare 分割払い, which is more common in everyday speech for credit card instalments.

例文

1. テレビを月賦で購入し、毎月五千円ずつ支払っている。
2. 月賦払いは手数料が加算されるため、総支払額が増える場合がある。
3. 高度経済成長期には月賦販売が耐久消費財の普及を後押しした。

使い方ガイド

場面: retail, consumer finance, contracts, economic history

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 月 (tsuki/getsu, month) and 賦 (fu, instalment/levy/tribute). The character 賦 has classical roots meaning a levy or allocation, here applied to the concept of monthly payment portions.

文化的背景

時代: Showa onward

世代: Adults

社会的背景: General