節せっ季き払ばらい

noun

seasonal payment; Bon festival payment; year-end payment

Historical term for settling accounts at set seasonal times, especially at the Bon festival or year-end. Now mostly encountered in historical or cultural contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、節せっ季き払ばらいで商しょう家かの帳ちょう簿ぼが締しめられた。

  In the Edo period, merchant account books were closed with seasonal payments.

• 盆ぼんの節せっ季き払ばらいが済すむと、ようやく一ひと息いきつけた。

  Once the Bon festival seasonal payments were settled, they could finally take a breather.