Formal term for salary or stipend, often used in historical, bureaucratic, or official contexts. In modern everyday speech, 給料 (きゅうりょう) is more common.
Samurai in the Edo period received a stipend from their domain.
彼は高い俸を得て、その役所で働いていた。
He worked at that government office for a high salary.
annual salary; yearly pay
salary; pay; wages
stipend; salary; official pay
extra allowance; additional pay
gradational salary; salary based on a pay grade
The kanji 俸 originally referred to a salary or stipend paid in rice or goods in ancient China. The reading ほう is the on'yomi.