割わり符ふ

noun

tally; split receipt; proof of transaction

Historical term for a wooden or paper tally split in two, each party keeping one half as proof of a transaction or agreement. Rare in modern daily life but appears in historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、金きん銭せんの貸かし借かりに割わり符ふが使つかわれた。

  In the Edo period, split tallies were used for lending and borrowing money.

• 割わり符ふを合あわせて、取とり引ひきの証しょう拠ことした。

  They matched the two halves of the tally as proof of the transaction.