stipend amount; samurai's stipend
Historical term referring to the amount of a samurai's annual stipend, typically measured in koku of rice. Used in contexts related to the Edo period and earlier.
His stipend was 300 koku.
禄高に応じて家臣の数が決められた。
The number of retainers was determined according to the stipend amount.
Formed from 禄 “stipend” and 高 “amount or assessed value.” The second element has the native reading たか, voiced to だか in the compound.