bonus

bonus
noun
1 money added to salary, etc.
ADJECTIVE
big, huge, large
extra, special
cash
annual, Christmas (esp. BrE), year-end (AmE)

All employees get an annual bonus before the holidays.

loyalty (BrE), performance, retention (AmE), roster (AmE)
no-claims (BrE)
VERB + BONUS
award (sb), give sb, pay sb
earn, get, receive

You will receive a bonus for high levels of productivity.

BONUS + NOUN
payment, scheme (BrE)

Some employees will receive discretionary bonus payments.

All workers participate in the bonus scheme.

PREPOSITION
bonus of

He was awarded a cash bonus of $2 500.

2 sth extra that is good
ADJECTIVE
great, huge, major, real
added, extra, special

The house is comfortable, and as an added bonus, it's near my work.

unexpected
nice, welcome (esp. BrE)
PREPOSITION
bonus for

The sunshine on the final day was a welcome bonus for the spectators.


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  • bonus — [ bɔnys ] n. m. • 1930; lat. bonus « bon » 1 ♦ Gratification accordée par un employeur sur le salaire d un employé. ⇒ 2. prime. 2 ♦ (1970) Réduction sur le montant d une prime d assurance automobile, accordée au conducteur qui n a pas eu d… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Bónus — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bónus Tipo Privada Fundación 1989 Sede Reikiavik, Islandia …   Wikipedia Español

  • bonus — I noun additive, benefit, boni, boon, bounty, dividend, donation, extra, gift, gratuity, honorarium, incentive, perquisites, pourboire, premium, prime, reward, something over and above, surplus, surplusage, tip associated concepts: bonus stock II …   Law dictionary

  • Bonus — Sm (Schadenfreiheits )Rabatt per. Wortschatz fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Über das Englische entlehnt aus l. bonus gut (s. Bon), Gegensatz ( Aufschlag ) ist Malus. Die besondere Bedeutung hat sich wohl im Börsenslang entwickelt.    Ebenso nndl.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • bonus — bónus (bȏnus) m DEFINICIJA 1. popust na premiju osiguranja, odnosno sniženje premijske stope za postignuti povoljni odnos između plaćene premije i isplaćenih šteta nekom konkretnom osiguraniku 2. općenito, posebni dodatak na plaću, isplata iznad… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • bonus — 1773, Stock Exchange Latin [Weekley], from L. bonus good (adj.); see BENE (Cf. bene ). The correct noun form would be bonum. In U.S. history the bonus army was tens of thousands of World War I veterans and followers who marched on Washington, D.C …   Etymology dictionary

  • bonus — [bō′nəs] n. pl. bonuses [L, good < OL dvonus < IE * du , var. of base * deu , to venerate > OE (lang)twidig, (long) granted, L beare, pp. beatus, to make happy] anything given in addition to the customary or required amount; specif., a)… …   English World dictionary

  • Bonus — Bo nus, n.; pl. {Bonuses}. [L. bonus good. Cf. {Bonny}.] 1. (Law) 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. Bouvier. [1913 Webster] 2. An extra dividend to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bonus — *bónus s. n., pl. bónusuri Trimis de Laura ana, 27.07.2007. Sursa: DOOM 2  BÓNUS s. n. gratificaţie; tantiemă. (< engl. bonus) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

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