name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Bunce
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rhymes with -ʌns
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CMU ARPABET: B AH1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A bonus; additional pay; money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, regional, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To obtain money from, by trickery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, slang, transitive
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noun
Meaning 4
a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
History
Etymology
Costermonger jargon bunts, perhaps from bonus.
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