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noun, plural bo·nus·es.
1.
something given or paid over and above what is due.
2.
a sum of money granted or given to an employee, a returned soldier, etc., in addition to regular pay, usually in appreciation for work done, length of service, accumulated favors, etc.
3.
something free, as an extra dividend, given by a corporation to a purchaser of its securities.
4.
a premium paid for a loan, contract, etc.
5.
something extra or additional given freely: Every purchaser of a pound of coffee received a box of cookies as a bonus.
Origin:
1765–75; < Latin: good
1765–75; < Latin: good
Synonyms
1. reward, honorarium, gift. 2. Bonus, bounty, premium refer to something extra beyond a stipulated payment. A bonus is a gift to reward performance, paid either by a private employer or by a government: a bonus based on salary; a soldiers' bonus. A bounty is a public aid or reward offered to stimulate interest in a specific purpose or undertaking and to encourage performance: a bounty for killing wolves. A premium is usually something additional given as an inducement to buy, produce, or the like: a premium received with a magazine subscription.
1. reward, honorarium, gift. 2. Bonus, bounty, premium refer to something extra beyond a stipulated payment. A bonus is a gift to reward performance, paid either by a private employer or by a government: a bonus based on salary; a soldiers' bonus. A bounty is a public aid or reward offered to stimulate interest in a specific purpose or undertaking and to encourage performance: a bounty for killing wolves. A premium is usually something additional given as an inducement to buy, produce, or the like: a premium received with a magazine subscription.
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Bonus
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- After an enemy dies off, you can set your crew of soldiers to eating their corpse to get bonus items and extra health.
- That's a big bonus for the hardcore geek with lots of extra hardware to support.
- But the otherwise unremarkable experiment yielded an unexpected bonus.
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World English Dictionary
| bonus (ˈbəʊnəs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | something given, paid, or received above what is due or expected: a Christmas bonus for all employees |
| 2. | chiefly (Brit) an extra dividend allotted to shareholders out of profits |
| 3. | (Brit) insurance a dividend, esp a percentage of net profits, distributed to policyholders either annually or when the policy matures |
| 4. | (Brit) a slang word for a bribe |
| [C18: from Latin bonus (adj) good] | |
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Word Origin & History
bonus
1773, "Stock Exchange Latin" [Weekley], from L. bonus "good" (adj.); see bene-. The correct noun form would be bonum. In U.S. history the bonus army was tens of thousands of World War I veterans and followers who marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932 demanding early redemption
EXPANDof their service bonus certificates (which carried a maximum value of $625).
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