also: のみだい
drinking money; money for drinks
Money set aside or spent on alcoholic drinks, often in a social setting.
My drinking expenses piled up this month.
彼は給料の半分を飲み代に使っている。
He spends half his salary on drinking money.
Standard kanji spelling for the reading のみしろ.
Alternate reading のみだい; less common than のみしろ.
Variant using 呑む, an alternative kanji for 飲む.
Abbreviated spelling without okurigana.
Compound of 飲み (のみ, 'drinking', the continuative form of 飲む) and 代 (しろ, 'cost, charge'). The reading のみだい uses the alternative reading だい for 代.