bonus

UK /ˈbəʊ.nəs/ US /ˈboʊ.nəs/
noun 4name 3verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

2

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.

Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.

3

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.

4

One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.

verb

1

To pay a bonus, premium

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.

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.

name

1

A surname.

2

A place name:

3

A place name:

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