bonus
bonus
Definition
bo·nus (bō′nəs)
noun pl. bo′·nuses
anything given in addition to the customary or required amount; specif.,
- payment over and above salary given to an employee as an incentive or reward
- a government payment to military veterans
- Brit. a dividend to insurance policyholders; also, an extra dividend to stockholders
Etymology: L, good < OL dvonus < IE *du-, var. of base *deu-, to venerate > OE (lang)twidig, (long) granted, L beare, pp. beatus, to make happy
bonus
Synonyms
bonus
n.
bonus
Law Definition
n
- Wages paid in addition to the compensation ordinarily given or required under an employment contract. A bonus is payment for services (such as for recognition of exceptional work performance) or on consideration, and is neither gift nor gratuity.
- Anything given or provided for free in addition to what is usual, agreed to, or legally due.
bonus
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- earn: Plus you'll earn a 10 % cash bonus with every deposit!
- declare: When a life insurer declares annual bonuses, they become an instant liability on its books.
Adjective modifier
- added: The property has the added bonus of communal gardens & private off road parking.
- sign-up: For example, many companies are offering sign-up bonuses and loyalty bonuses in a bid to be competitive, " he says.
- discretionary: A failure to pay a discretionary loyalty bonus to employees on maternity leave is discrimination under the SDA: Gus Home Shopping Ltd.
- unexpected: We also have access to a smaller conference hall for exhibitor presentations, which is an unexpected bonus.
- performance-related: You'll receive a competitive salary; performance-related bonuses, profit sharing and employer funded pension.
- reversionary: Policies with higher reversionary bonuses will have lower expected returns but will be comparatively safe investments.
Modifies a noun
- track: The Japanese edition will contain the bonus track ' Eclipse ' .
- disk: The documentary on the bonus disk shows us the all too familiar human side of the cheeky cast.
- CD: Released a special edition of the album with a bonus CD with all their cover versions.
- point: However the film does get MAJOR bonus points for having arguably the greatest title credits sequence ever.
- payment: There has been an increase in the actual cash value of the average individual bonus payments.
- footage: With bonus footage from three countries, the DVD proves the everlasting appeal of one of Punk's great survivors.
Noun used with modifier
- no-claims: You must have 4 or yeras no-claims bonus to be eligible for Priviledge Car Insurance.
- loyalty: Pilots on part - time contracts would be paid the loyalty bonus pro rata.
- terminal: On the basis of the above analysis, the differential terminal bonus policy had applied since terminal bonus was first introduced in 1973.
- deposit: All new players at Jackpotjoy get a 100 % matched deposit bonus up to £ 100.
- plus: Whereas Senior Buyers could have earned up to £ 70K plus bonus a few years ago, those days are now over.
- cash: Plus you'll earn a 10 % cash bonus with every deposit!
