Definitions for bonus
ˈboʊ nəsbonus

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for bonus »

1. bosun

How to pronounce bonus?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bonus in sign language?

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. Alan Johnson:

   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.

2. Roger Matthews:

   It may be that the UK government will take the opportunity to ditch the bonus cap.

3. Ian Crawford:

   If you're just interested in platinum group elements, you would probably go and mine the asteroids, on the other hand, if going to the moon for scavenging polar volatiles, rare earth elements … then the impact sites of crashed asteroids could offer an added bonus.

4. Mark Sampson:

   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.

5. Moose Lodge:

   The last couple of years have been a challenge for us, the influence of receiving such a big chunk of change is huge ! We'll be working with our members to figure out the best way to use the bonus money.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bonus
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bonus
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bonus
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=bonus
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bonus
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bonus