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月賦 (geppu) Japanese meaning: monthly installment | Kotomora

月げっ賦ぷ

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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monthly installment; monthly payment

Refers to paying for something in fixed monthly amounts, often for large purchases like appliances or furniture. Synonymous with 月払い (つきばらい), but 月賦 is slightly more formal and commonly used in contracts.

See also: 月払い

冷れい蔵ぞう庫こを月げっ賦ぷで買かった。

I bought the refrigerator on monthly installments.

月げっ賦ぷの支し払はらいが今こん月げつで終おわる。

The monthly payments will be finished this month.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を月げっ賦ぷで買かうto buy something on monthly installments
新あたらしい冷れい蔵ぞう庫こを月げっ賦ぷで買かった。
I bought a new refrigerator on monthly installments.
月げっ賦ぷを払はらうto pay a monthly installment
毎まい月つき、車くるまの月げっ賦ぷを払はらっている。
I pay a monthly installment on my car every month.
〈物もの〉を月げっ賦ぷにするto arrange to pay for something in monthly installments
テレビの支し払はらいを月げっ賦ぷにした。
I arranged to pay for the TV in monthly installments.

Kanji

月month, moon
賦levy, ode, prose

Related words

月つき払ばらい
月払い is the everyday, spoken word for paying monthly, while 月賦 is the more formal term typically seen in contracts and advertisements.
分ぶん割かつ払ばらい
分割払い covers installment payments in general (monthly, weekly, or otherwise), whereas 月賦 specifically means paying in monthly installments.
割かっ賦ぷ
割賦 is the broader legal/financial term for installment payment of any interval, while 月賦 narrows this to a monthly schedule.

Opposites

一いっ括かつ払ばらい
一括払い means paying the full amount at once, the opposite of 月賦, which spreads payment over monthly installments.

Don't confuse with

げっぷN3
げっぷ (burp/belch) is pronounced identically to 月賦 but refers to bodily gas, not monthly payments, so context alone distinguishes them.
月げつ額がく
月賦 refers to monthly installment payments, whereas 月額 simply denotes the monthly amount itself.

Word family

月げっ賦ぷ払ばらい
monthly installment payment; paying in monthly installments
月げっ賦ぷ販はん売ばい
installment selling; hire purchase

Etymology

Compound of 月 (month) and 賦 (allotment, levy). The kanji 賦 originally referred to distributing taxes or levies, and here it extends to the idea of distributing payments over months.