What does bonus mean?
Definitions for bonus
ˈboʊ nəsbonus
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Princeton's WordNet
bonus, fillipnoun
anything that tends to arouse
"his approval was an added fillip"
bonus, incentivenoun
an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
Wiktionary
bonusnoun
Something extra that is good
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.
bonusnoun
When enough fouls have been accumulated that a team is awarded one or more free throws on any sort of foul
bonusverb
To pay a bonus, premium
Etymology: From bonus.
Webster Dictionary
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
Bonusnoun
an extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits
Bonusnoun
money paid in addition to a stated compensation
Freebase
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
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.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'bonus' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3285
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Rank popularity for the word 'bonus' in Nouns Frequency: #2029
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bonus in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bonus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of bonus in a Sentence
If I have an appetite, that's going to be a bonus.
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.
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.
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.
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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- علاوةArabic
- бонус, премияBulgarian
- Dreingabe, Prämie, BonusGerman
- bonificaciónSpanish
- gainordain, gainsariBasque
- kannustuspalkkio, ekstra, plussa, tulospalkkio, lisäetuFinnish
- boniFrench
- prémiumHungarian
- bónusIcelandic
- ボーナス, おまけ, 賞与, 褒奨金Japanese
- bonussiKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 보너스Korean
- bonus, extraatje, premieDutch
- премия, бонус, надбавкаRussian
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