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bo⋅nus

  [boh-nuhs]
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–noun, plural -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; < L: 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.
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bo·nus   (bō'nəs)   
n.   pl. bo·nus·es
  1. Something given or paid in addition to what is usual or expected.
    1. A sum of money or an equivalent given to an employee in addition to the employee's usual compensation.
    2. A sum of money in addition to salary that is given to a professional athlete for signing up with a team.
  3. A subsidy from a government to an industry.
  4. A sum of money paid by a government to a war veteran.
  5. A premium, as of stock, that is given by a corporation to another party, such as a purchaser of its securities.
  6. A sum of money that is paid by a corporation in excess of interest or royalties charged for the granting of a privilege or a loan to that corporation.
  7. Basketball An additional free throw awarded to a player who has been fouled when the opposing team has committed more than a specified number of fouls during a period of play.

[From Latin, good; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Bonus

Bo"nus\, n.; pl. Bonuses. [L. bonus good. Cf. Bonny.]

1. (Law) A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. --Bouvier.

2. An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits.

3. Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : bonus
Spanish: plus, prima,
German: der Bonus,
Japanese: ボーナス
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bonus 
1773, "Stock Exchange Latin" [Weekley], from L. bonus "good" (adj.); the correct noun form would be bonum.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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