頼たの母も子し

noun

mutual financing association

Historical term for a rotating savings and credit association, often seen in the compound 頼母子講 (たのもしこう). Rare in modern usage.

See also: 頼母子講

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、頼たの母も子し講こうが庶しょ民みんの金きん融ゆう手しゅ段だんとして広ひろく利り用ようされた。

  In the Edo period, mutual financing associations were widely used as a means of finance among commoners.