Bonus - Shoyo

Japanese: 賞与 - しょうよ

〘noun〙① (━suru) To give goods or money as a prize. Also, the thing itself. ※Inryoken Nikki, leap February 19, 1466 (Bunsho 1) "If it is worth _twenty yen, _a rare item can be given as a _prize _. " ※I Am a Cat (1905-06), Natsume Soseki, 4 "The prizes that Greeks receive in contests are more valuable than the arts they perform." [Dream of the Red Chamber, episode 33] ② Money given in addition to regular salary as a reward for performance or contribution to the company, or as a supplement to wages, in the summer, at the end of the year, at the end of the fiscal year, or at the end of the accounting period. Bonus. ※Social Hundred Faces (1902), Uchida Roan, an old civil servant, "I can get a year-end bonus."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (━する) 賞として物品や金銭を与えること。また、そのもの。※蔭凉軒日録‐文正元年（1466）閏二月一九日「若相当則以_二十緡価直之珍物_一可_二賞与_一云」※吾輩は猫である（1905‐06）〈夏目漱石〉四「希臘(ギリシャ)人が競技に於て得る所の賞与は彼等が演ずる技芸其物より貴重なものである」〔紅楼夢‐三三回〕② 定期給与とは別に、業績の配分や企業への貢献度を賞して、または賃金を補うものとして、夏季・年末・年度末・決算期などに支給される金銭。賞与金。ボーナス。※社会百面相（1902）〈内田魯庵〉老俗吏「年末の賞与は取れるし」

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