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前渡金 (まえわたしきん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

前まえ渡わたし金きん

Meanings

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noun

advance payment; prepayment

Refers to money paid in advance, typically in business or contractual contexts.

契けい約やく時じに前まえ渡わたし金きんとして10万まん円えんを支し払はらった。
I paid 100,000 yen as an advance payment at the time of the contract.
前まえ渡わたし金きんは後ご日じつ精せい算さんされます。
The advance payment will be settled later.

Written forms

前渡金
- まえわたしきん
  Standard kanji form. Also read ぜんときん in some contexts.
- ぜんときん
前まえ渡わたし金きん
Variant spelling with okurigana, less common but still used.
ぜんときん

Kanji

前in front, before
渡

transit, ford, ferry

金gold

Similar words

前まえ払ばらい
前払い is a more general term for prepayment, while 前渡金 specifically refers to the money handed over in advance.
手て付つけ金きん
手付金 is a deposit or down payment, often part of a larger sum, whereas 前渡金 is an advance payment for goods or services.

Etymology

Compound of 前 (まえ, 'before') + 渡し (わたし, nominal form of 渡す 'to hand over') + 金 (きん, 'money'). The reading ぜんときん uses the on'yomi of the first two characters.