掛け金

かけきん

Also written 掛金

Meanings

1. Noun installment; instalment; premium; bill

Kanji

• 掛 hang. Read as かけ.
• 金 money. Read as キン.

Example sentences

• 納屋のドアは不注意にも掛け金がはずれたままになっていた。
  The barn door had been carelessly left unlatched.

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