erässä

Erässä is the inessive singular form of the Finnish noun erä, meaning a batch, lot, shipment, or installment. It is used to indicate that something is handled or delivered in one batch or in one delivery. The word occurs in many contexts, especially in logistics, sales, and contracts, and it forms part of a family of related forms such as erä (nominative), erän (genitive), erät (plural), and erissä (plural inessive).

Etymology and senses: Erä is a native Finnish word with several related senses. It can refer to a batch or lot of goods, a shipment, a harvest or grouped portion, and in sports a round or period of play. The sense relating to payments or deliveries as installments is common in business language. The form erässä specifically signals “in a batch” or “in one delivery,” while erissä conveys the plural sense “in batches” or “in installments.”

Usage: In practical Finnish, erä is used to describe portions of orders, deliveries, or payments. Examples include: “Tilaus voidaan toimittaa kahdessa erässä” (The order can be delivered in two installments). “Asiakas maksaa tuotteen erissä” (The customer pays for the product in installments). In catalogs or auctions, erä can refer to a batch of items offered together, such as “tukkuerä” or “erä tavaraa,” and price wording may use expressions like “eräkohtainen hinta” (price per batch).

See also: erä, erät, erissä, erän hinta, osamaksu.