(ぶんかつばら)

ぶんかつばらい
noun
installment payment
businessfinanceshopping
1. installment payment; payment in installments
a method of paying for something by dividing the total amount into multiple smaller payments over time
このテレビ分割払(ぶんかつばら)()った
I bought this TV on installment payments.
分割払(ぶんかつばら)いだ手数料(てすうりょう)かかる
If you pay in installments, there's a handling fee.
3(かい)分割払(ぶんかつばら)いなら手数料(てすうりょう)無料(むりょう)です。
If it's three installments, there's no handling fee.

Forms

分割(ぶんかつ) (division) + (はら) (payment) → divided payment

Similar words

一括払(いっかつばら) (lump-sum payment, one-time payment)

Common variations

Credit cards in japan

When paying by credit card in Japan, stores often ask "一括(いっかつ)です分割(ぶんかつ)です?" (One payment or installments?)