Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

signing bonus

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables: sign-ing bonus
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of sign-on bonus.

Example Sentences

"The Tigers are collecting dividends now . . . as a result of the $52,000 check which Owner Walter O. Briggs handed Wakefield in July 1941, when as a sophomore at Michigan, he signed with Detroit. It was the biggest signing bonus in major league history."
"Signed. Emmitt Smith, 27, running back; to the Dallas Cowboys. The eight-year, $48 million contract includes a record $15 million signing bonus."
"But people briefed on the negotiations said that workers would receive a signing bonus of $5,000 in lieu of cost-of-living wage increases."

Inflected Forms

signing bonuses (plural)

Synonyms

sign-on bonus

Questions

What does signing bonus mean?: Synonym of sign-on bonus.

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