Bonus

Quick meaning: Bonus is a noun meaning Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

Meaning

Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

More Meanings

1. An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.
2. (video games) An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.
3. (basketball) One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
4. (transitive) To pay a bonus, premium

Example Sentences

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

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

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.

The main bulk of the piece-workers (71%) are bonussed for fulfillment of the production quotas by the section, shop or plant on condition they fulfill the norms.

Word Forms

• bonuses
• bonusses
• boni
• bonusing
• bonussing
• bonused
• bonussed

Synonyms for bonus

Depending on context, synonyms include incentive, fillip.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include incentive, fillip, supplementary, supplement, additional, first.

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