Definitions for bonus
ˈboʊ nəsbonus

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bonus, fillipnoun

   anything that tends to arouse

   "his approval was an added fillip"

2. bonus, incentivenoun

   an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. bonusnoun

   Something extra that is good

2. bonusnoun

   An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee

   The employee of the week receives a bonus for his excellent work.

3. bonusnoun

   When enough fouls have been accumulated that a team is awarded one or more free throws on any sort of foul

4. bonusverb

   To pay a bonus, premium

5. Etymology: From bonus.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bonusnoun

   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

2. Bonusnoun

   an extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits

3. Bonusnoun

   money paid in addition to a stated compensation

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bónus

   Bónus an Icelandic no-frills supermarket chain owned by Hagar. Bónus operates 28 stores in Iceland and four in the Faroe Islands. It follows the no-frills format of limited hours, simple shelves and having a giant fridge instead of chiller cabinets.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bonus

   bōn′us, n. a premium beyond the usual interest for a loan: an extra dividend to shareholders: an extra gratuity paid to workmen: a douceur or bribe. [L. bonus, good.]

Matched Categories

1. • Payment
   • Positive Stimulus

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bonus' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3285

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bonus' in Nouns Frequency: #2029

Anagrams for bonus »

1. bosun

How to pronounce bonus?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bonus in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bonus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of bonus in a Sentence

1. Michael Hopkins:

   If I have an appetite, that's going to be a bonus.

2. Michael Herbert:

   I mean, I have bonus time here in life, i was supposed to be dead, and I didn't die. I'm not going to waste any days I have left.

3. Eric Talley:

   It's about having an appropriate tone at the top, there might be companies that did really well in 2019 and suddenly your company has hit a brick wall. So at the same time you're laying off a bunch of rank and file employees, you're awarding yourself (millions in bonus pay). It just doesn't look very good.

4. Marco Arop:

   I'm on top of the world right now, i was just hoping to win a medal for Canada and to have a personal record and Pan American record is just a bonus.

5. Lorne Bloch:

   The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft, we can all declare we are homosexual instead of running off to Canada.

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