消しょう費ひ貸たい借しゃく

noun

loan for consumption; mutuum

Legal term for a loan of fungible goods (e.g., money, grain) where the borrower must return an equivalent amount, not the original items. Contrasts with 使用貸借 (loan for use).

• 金きん銭せんの貸かし借かりは、民みん法ぽう上じょうの消しょう費ひ貸たい借しゃくにあたる。

  Lending and borrowing money constitutes a loan for consumption under the Civil Code.