米べい穀こく取とり引ひき所じょ

noun

rice exchange

Historical term for a commodity exchange where rice was traded, especially in pre-war Japan.

• 戦せん前ぜん、米べい穀こく取とり引ひき所じょは米こめの価か格かく形けい成せいに大おおきな役やく割わりを果はたした。

  Before the war, rice exchanges played a major role in determining rice prices.