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Bonus

//ˈbəʊ.nəs// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A place name:; An unincorporated community in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place name:; An unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas, United States. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
  2. 2
    anything that tends to arouse wordnet
  3. 3
    An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.

    "I was a bank manager in the 1970s, but I never received or expected to receive a bonus for doing my paid work."

  4. 4
    an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output wordnet
  5. 5
    An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.

    "Spend the time killing things and there's a bonus for each hit - but only for fatalities notched up since the start of your current life."

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  1. 6
    One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
Verb
  1. 1
    To pay a bonus, premium transitive

    "In its adherence to a system of rating which bonusses the most anti-social owners and penalises those doing something to improve the district, the municipality must accept a large measure of responsibility."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of bona.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of bona.

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