割賦

• 読み: かっぷ
• ローマ字: kappu
• 漢字の分解: 割 (katsu/wari) — divide, apportion; 賦 (fu) — levy, instalment payment
• 発音: /kap.pɯ/

意味

Instalment plan; hire purchase; a payment arrangement in which the total cost is divided into regular periodic payments. Common in consumer finance and formal contracts.

Used when purchasing goods or services by spreading costs over time, with or without interest. 割賦 is the formal, legal term; everyday speech favours 分割払い. Frequently appears in written contracts for vehicles, home appliances, and commercial equipment, as well as in instalment-sale legislation (割賦販売法).

例文

1. この冷蔵庫は割賦で購入できるため、初期費用を抑えることができる。
2. 割賦の残高をできるだけ早期に完済したいと思っている。
3. 割賦販売制度を活用して、高額な医療機器を導入した病院が増えている。

使い方ガイド

場面: consumer finance, contracts, retail, banking

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound: 割 (to divide, apportion) + 賦 (to levy, assign payment). Together they express the idea of apportioning a debt into instalments due over time.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: General