What does bonus mean?
Definitions for bonus
ˈboʊ nəsbonus
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word bonus.
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.
ChatGPT
bonus
A bonus is an extra amount of money added to an employee's salary, often as a reward for good performance or achieving a particular target. It can also refer to any additional benefit or extra item added to something else, making it more valuable or desirable.
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
Wikidata
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.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BONUS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bonus is ranked #38389 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Bonus surname appeared 577 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bonus.
66.9% or 386 total occurrences were White.
24.9% or 144 total occurrences were Asian.
4.3% or 25 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2% or 12 total occurrences were Black.
1.7% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'bonus' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3285
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'bonus' in Nouns Frequency: #2029
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Anagrams for bonus »
bosun
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
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.
We messed up on our part by less than two minutes into the (fourth) quarter putting them into the bonus, and that changes our whole game plan, at that point, we can’t be as aggressive as we want to be.
Most of the people who had that bonus wanted to test how it could be spent, so several clients made payments to us with bitcoin, chivo has benefited small entrepreneurs because it makes the payment method easier for customers.
Whatever we're going to face in the latter stages, we know we have got something to throw back, we have got the bonus of a lot of people getting game time and a lot of people who are fighting fit.
The problems here are of course dwarfed by the problems of people in real world, it's bad when your bonus goes for a $ 1 million to $ 600,000, but that's still $ 600,000.
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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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