Provisional money - Provisional money

...In the Konoike family, there were titles such as manager, manager's official, manager's official, and so on, and the main managers were called oibun or roubun. In addition to their salary, managers were given various types of compensation such as "appointment money," "start-up money," and "additional money," and they were often allowed to use this money to start their own business, and the profits from this were saved up for the store and added to their retirement benefits. In companies in the early Meiji period, managers had great authority and function, and the president, chairman, and directors were representative of the owners, and in many cases they were only part-time, formal managers, but in reality, managers often performed the function of top management. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "allocation money" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…鴻池家では支配人のほか支配役，支配判形役などの名称があり，また，支配人の主だった者を老分（おいぶん∥ろうぶん）などと称した。支配人には給金のほか，〈あてがい金〉〈元手金〉〈加増金〉などさまざまの名称の報償金が与えられ，支配人はそれを元手に自分商売を許されることも少なくなく，それによる利益は店に積み立てられ，退職金に加えられた。明治初期の会社においては支配人の権限，職能は大きく，社長，頭取，取締役は所有者の代表的存在で，経営者としては非常勤の形式的経営者でしかなかった場合が多いが，支配人は実質的にトップ･マネージメントの職能を果たすことが少なくなかった。…

※「あてがい金」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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