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bo·nus    Audio Help   [boh-nuhs] Pronunciation Key
–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]

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    Audio Help   (bō'nəs)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
  2. A subsidy from a government to an industry.
  3. A sum of money paid by a government to a war veteran.
  4. A premium, as of stock, that is given by a corporation to another party, such as a purchaser of its securities.
  5. 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.
  6. 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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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bonus

noun
1. anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip" 
2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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bonus1 [ˈbəunəs] noun
an addition to the sum due as interest, dividend, or wages
Arabic: عَلاوَه، إِكْرامِيَّه، مُكافأَه
Chinese (Simplified): 奖金,红利
Chinese (Traditional): 獎金,紅利
Czech: prémie
Danish: bonus
Dutch: bonus
Estonian: boonus
Finnish: bonus
French: prime
German: der Bonus
Greek: πρόσθετη αμοιβή
Hungarian: prémium
Icelandic: aukaarður, *-greiðsla, *-geta
Indonesian: tambahan uang jasa
Italian: dividendo extra*, bonus
Japanese: ボーナス
Korean: 특별 수당
Latvian: prēmija
Lithuanian: premija
Norwegian: bonus
Polish: premia
Portuguese (Brazil): bonificação
Portuguese (Portugal): bónus
Romanian: bonus, primă
Russian: премия;бонус
Slovak: prémie
Slovenian: premija, dodatek
Spanish: plus, prima
Swedish: bonus
Turkish: ikramiye, prim, kâr payı
bonus2 [ˈbəunəs] noun
something unexpected or extra
Example: The extra two days holiday was a real bonus.
Arabic: زِيادَةٌ غَيْرُ مُتَوَقَّعَه
Chinese (Simplified): 额外的收益
Chinese (Traditional): 額外的收益
Czech: terno
Danish: bonus
Dutch: meevaller
Estonian: preemia
Finnish: lisäetu
French: aubaine
German: der Zusatz
Greek: απρόσμενο δώρο, πρόσθετη αμοιβή
Hungarian: külön juttatás
Icelandic: happ
Indonesian: ekstra
Italian: premio
Japanese: 予期しない贈物
Korean: 뜻밖의 선물
Latvian: dāvana
Lithuanian: dovana
Norwegian: gratiale, tillegg
Polish: naddatek
Portuguese (Brazil): dádiva
Portuguese (Portugal): dádiva
Romanian: noroc, chilipir
Russian: подарок
Slovak: terno
Slovenian: sreča
Spanish: regalo, bendición
Swedish: bonus
Turkish: tatlı sürpriz
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Bonus

Bon"ny\, a. [Spelled bonnie by the Scotch.] [OE. boni, prob. fr. F. bon, fem. bonne, good, fr. L. bonus good. See Bounty, and cf. Bonus, Boon.]

1. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.

Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. --Gay.

Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. --Burns.

2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.

Be you blithe and bonny. --Shak.

Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the mati?chime ere he quitted his bowl. --Sir W. Scott.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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