米べい銭せん

noun

rice and money; money for rice

Historical term referring to rice and money as basic resources, or money specifically for purchasing rice. Rare in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、年ねん貢ぐは米べい銭せんで納おさめられた。

  In the Edo period, taxes were paid in rice and money.

• この史し料りょうには、村むら人びとが米べい銭せんを集あつめて旅たび人びとを助たすけたと記しるされている。

  This historical document records that the villagers collected rice and money to help travelers.