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bonanza Definition

☆ bo·nanza (bə nan′zə, bō-)

noun

  1. a very rich vein or pocket of ore
  2. any source of great wealth or profits

Etymology: Sp, fair weather, prosperity < VL *bonacia, < L bonus, good (see bonus), after malacia, calm at sea (assumed to be < malus, bad) < Gr malakia < malakos, soft, akin to mylē, mill

bonanza Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • enjoy: Mexico: Enjoy a butterfly bonanza Every winter, millions of flapping friends winter in the same remote area of Mexico.
  • bring: A global downturn could bring the bonanza to an abrupt end.
  • provide: Autumn provides a bonanza which they will feed on and store enough for winter.
  • have: The Pool's Holiday Bonanza Paul Ringham had a carp bonanza on the Fields End Pool during the Bank Holiday Open fished on Saturday.
  • offer: For frazzled parents, shops such as Primark offer a bonanza of spectacularly cheap clothing.

Preposition: for

  • boss: Fury over pensions bonanza for bosses Britain's top businessmen will collect up to £ 1m while companies ax final salary schemes for employees.
  • lawyer: Oh dear, another bonanza for the class-action lawyers, and if research verifies these claims, the skin cream companies deserve it.

Adjective modifier

  • economic: Sadly for Venzuela, the economic bonanza ended in the early 1980s.
  • big: Autumn 2003 Main feature Cancun's big business bonanza?
  • great: The Da Vinci Code has probably been the greatest bonanza for christianity for years.
  • new: Sea breezes to power Britain Britain will this week announce a new energy bonanza: North Sea wind.

Modifies a noun

  • time: The last few months have been a bonanza time for film companies on campus.
  • silver: Historical bonanza grade silver and gold values were reported from the Zambranena vein systems and have been partially confirmed by Minco's recent sampling.
  • grade: Historical bonanza grade silver and gold values were reported from the Zambranena vein systems and have been partially confirmed by Minco's recent sampling.

Noun used with modifier

  • coin: A coin bonanza he spent overseas is publicly traded.
  • cash: Secondly the property deal is not necessarily a cash bonanza.
  • bonus: The figure's courtesy of Rightmove, and the trend is courtesy of the much heralded City bonus bonanza.
  • oil: What happened to the vast oil production bonanza that was going to flow from Iraq?
  • planning: But the Campaign to Protect Rural England said that the planning bonanza will bring " a pox on the countryside " .
  • job: The Examiner headline read " A jobs bonanza for Huddersfield " .