bonus
/ˈboʊ.nəs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.45 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The employee of the week receives a bonus for his excellent 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."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Archaic Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonusbor. English bonus Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of bona.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈboʊ.nəs/
- British English: /ˈbəʊ.nəs/