spending money; way of spending money
Dated term for how one spends money, often with a nuance of small or loose change. Compare with 金遣い, which is the modern, general term.
See also: 金遣い
He is a lavish spender (of small money).
People in the old days were meticulous about how they spent their money.
Standard kanji spelling; 遣い is the usual character for 'spending' in this context.
Variant spelling using 使い; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 銭 (zeni, 'small change, money') and 遣い (zukai, 'using, spending'). The reading づかい is a rendaku form of つかい.