name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bonus
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.nəs/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, General-American: /ˈboʊ.nəs/
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Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /ˈbəʉ.nəs/
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New-Zealand: /ˈbɐʉ.nəs/
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rhymes with -əʊnəs
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CMU ARPABET: B OW1 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A place name:
An unincorporated community in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A place name:
An unincorporated community in Wharton County, Texas, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The employee of the week receives a bonus for his excellent work.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To pay a bonus, premium
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
anything that tends to arouse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his approval was an added fillip
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fillip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: positive stimulus
noun
Meaning 10
an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incentive
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: payment
Narrower terms: premium, dividend, sales incentive
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh2-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonusbor. English bonus Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of bona.
Across languages
Translations
92 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: բոնուս (bonus) — something extra that is good
- Basque: gainsari — something extra that is good
- Bulgarian: бонус (bonus) — something extra that is good
- Catalan: plus — something extra that is good
- Chinese Mandarin: 額外收獲 /额外收获 (éwài shōuhuò) — something extra that is good
- Dutch: bonus — something extra that is good
- Dutch: extraatje — something extra that is good
- Finnish: bonus — something extra that is good
- Finnish: lisäetu — something extra that is good
- Finnish: ekstra — something extra that is good
- Finnish: plussa — something extra that is good
- French: bonus — something extra that is good
- German: Bonus — something extra that is good
- German: Dreingabe — something extra that is good
- Greek: μπόνους (bónous) — something extra that is good
- Icelandic: bónus — something extra that is good
- Italian: bonus — something extra that is good
- Italian: extra — something extra that is good
- Japanese: おまけ (omake) — something extra that is good
- Polish: bonus — something extra that is good
- Brazilian Portuguese: bônus — something extra that is good
- European Portuguese: bónus — something extra that is good
- Spanish: bonificación — something extra that is good
- Spanish: plus — something extra that is good
- Spanish: ñapa — something extra that is good
- Spanish: yapa — something extra that is good
- Spanish: llapa — something extra that is good
- Spanish: chorrada — something extra that is good
- Spanish: chorretada — something extra that is good
- Spanish: ipegüe — something extra that is good
- Spanish: ipehuil — something extra that is good
- Spanish: añadidura — something extra that is good
- Swedish: bonus — something extra that is good
- Turkish: bonus — something extra that is good
- Turkish: ekstra — something extra that is good
- Turkish: ilave — something extra that is good
- Turkish: ek — something extra that is good
- Arabic: عِلَاوَة (ʕilāwa) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Armenian: պարգեւավճար (pargewavčar) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Basque: gainordain — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Bulgarian: бонус (bonus) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Bulgarian: премия (premija) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Chinese Mandarin: 獎金 /奖金 (jiǎngjīn) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Chinese Mandarin: 紅利 /红利 (hónglì) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Dutch: bonus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Dutch: premie — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Esperanto: bonuso — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Finnish: bonus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Finnish: kannustuspalkkio — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Finnish: tulospalkkio — extra amount of money given as a premium
- French: bonus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- French: prime — extra amount of money given as a premium
- German: Bonus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- German: Prämie — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Greek: επιμίσθιο (epimísthio) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Greek: μπόνους (bónous) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Greenlandic: bonussi — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Hindi: लाभांश (lābhāñś) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Hungarian: prémium — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Icelandic: bónus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Italian: bonus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Italian: extra — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Japanese: 賞与 (shōyo) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Japanese: ボーナス (bōnasu) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Japanese: 褒奨金 (hōshōkin) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Korean: 보너스 (boneoseu) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Latin: dōnātīvum — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Marathi: बोनस (bonas) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Norwegian Bokmål: bonus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bonus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Persian: شتل (šatal) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Polish: premia — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Brazilian Portuguese: bônus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- European Portuguese: bónus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Russian: пре́мия (prémija) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Russian: бо́нус (bónus) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Russian: надба́вка (nadbávka) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Southern Altai: сый (sïy) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Southern Altai: сый-акча (sïy-akča) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Spanish: bonificación — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Spanish: prima — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Spanish: sobresueldo — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Spanish: plus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Spanish: bonus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Spanish: percance — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Spanish: percances — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Spanish: emolumento — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Spanish: emolumentos — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Swedish: bonus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Swedish: lönebonus — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Thai: โบนัส (boo-nás) — extra amount of money given as a premium
- Spanish: bonificar — Translations
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