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bonus
[ boh-nuhs ]
noun
- something given or paid over and above what is due.
Synonyms: gift, honorarium, reward
- 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.
- something free, as an extra dividend, given by a corporation to a purchaser of its securities.
- a premium paid for a loan, contract, etc.
- something extra or additional given freely:
Every purchaser of a pound of coffee received a box of cookies as a bonus.
bonus
/ ˈbəʊnəs /
noun
- something given, paid, or received above what is due or expected
a Christmas bonus for all employees
- an extra dividend allotted to shareholders out of profits
- insurance a dividend, esp a percentage of net profits, distributed to policyholders either annually or when the policy matures
- a slang word for a bribe
Word History and Origins
Origin of bonus1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bonus1
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Example Sentences
Curtis Langdon secured the bonus point before number eight Augustus doubled his tally after being driven over the line by his team-mates.
And as a bonus, it didn’t interrupt my massage with chitchat.
“I didn’t have money before this,” he said, “I was collecting €188-a-week off the social welfare, and now here I am with a 60 G’s bonus and then my own pay.”
This payment was described as being for "likely residual income and bonuses" resulting from the Harry Potter films.
Furthermore it has emerged that Sweeney was one of six executives who shared a bonus pot of £1.3m at a time when the union is making over 40 people redundant.
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