仮払金(かりばらいきん)

かりばらいきん
noun
advance payment; suspense payment
formalbusinessmoneyfinance
1. advance payment; suspense payment; cash advance
Money a company pays out before the final amount or purpose is settled, typically an advance to an employee for travel or other expenses. In bookkeeping it is held in a temporary account until receipts are submitted and the account is cleared.
仮払金(かりばらいきん)を申請(しんせい)した。
I applied for a cash advance.
I received an advance payment before the business trip.
Please submit your receipts and settle the advance payment.

仮(かり) (temporary, provisional) + 払(はら)い (payment) + 金(きん) (money). The 仮(かり) element marks the payment as provisional: the amount is corrected later when the real expense is known.

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