bonus

See also Bonus

English

Etymology

From Latin bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbəʊ.nəs/, X-SAMPA: /"b@U.n@s/
• Rhymes: -əʊnəs
• (US) IPA: /ˈboʊ.nəs/, X-SAMPA: /"boU.n@s/
• Rhymes: -oʊnəs

Noun

bonus (plural bonuses)

1. Something extra that is good.
2. An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee.

   The employee of the week receives a bonus for his excellent work.

3. (uncountable, basketball) One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.

Derived terms

• signing bonus

Translations

something extra that is good

• Bulgarian: бонус (bg) (bonus) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ‎額外收穫, ‎额外收获 (éwài shōuhuò)

• Dutch: bonus (nl) m, extraatje n
• Finnish: bonus, lisäetu, ekstra, plussa

• French: boni (fr) m
• German: Bonus (de) m
• Icelandic: bónus (is) m
• Japanese: おまけ (ja) (omake)

extra amount of money given as a premium

• Arabic: علاوة (ar) (ʻilāwa) f
• Bulgarian: бонус (bg) (bonus) m, премия (bg) (premija) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獎金 (cmn), 奖金 (cmn) (jiǎngjīn), 紅利 (cmn), 红利 (cmn) (hónglì)

• Dutch: bonus (nl) m, premie (nl)
• Finnish: bonus, kannustuspalkkio, tulospalkkio

• German: Bonus (de) m, Prämie (de) f
• Greenlandic: bonussi (kl)
• Hungarian: prémium (hu)
• Icelandic: bónus (is) m
• Japanese: 賞与 (ja) (しょうよ, shōyo), ボーナス (ja) (bōnasu), 褒奨金 (ja) (ほうしょうきん, hōshōkin)
• Russian: премия (ru) (prémija) f, бонус (ru) (bónus) m, надбавка (ru) (nadbávka) f
• Spanish: bonificación (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: plus m, beneficio m
• Vietnamese: tiền thưởng, tiền các

Verb

bonus (third-person singular simple present bonuses, present participle bonusing, simple past and past participle bonused)

1. (transitive) To pay a bonus, premium

Anagrams

• bosun

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Dutch

Etymology

Latin bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

bonus m (plural bonussen or boni, diminutive bonusje)

1. A bonus, an extra or premium
2. (by extension) Any one-off gain
3. Good marks in a rating scale, notably to calculate an insurance premium dependent on the number of accidents

Derived terms

• bonusaandeel n
• bonus-malus

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Finnish

Noun

bonus

1. A bonus (something extra)
2. A bonus (extra payment to an employee)

Declension

Declension of bonus (type vastaus) singular plural nominative bonus bonukset genitive bonuksen bonusten bonuksien partitive bonusta bonuksia accusative bonus bonuksen bonukset inessive bonuksessa bonuksissa elative bonuksesta bonuksista illative bonukseen bonuksiin adessive bonuksella bonuksilla ablative bonukselta bonuksilta allative bonukselle bonuksille essive bonuksena bonuksina translative bonukseksi bonuksiksi instructive – bonuksin abessive bonuksetta bonuksitta comitative – bonuksineen

Synonyms

• (something extra): ekstra, lisäetu, plussa
• (employee bonus): kannustuspalkkio, tulospalkkio

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Italian

Noun

bonus m (invariable)

1. A bonus (all senses)

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Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin duonus. Compare the change from duellum to bellum (“war”), duis to bis (“twice”) and the root dvi-. Which explains δείδω, δέος ("good"). The comparative melior ("better"), compare Ancient Greek μάλα, μᾶλλον. Superlative optimus, optumus ("best") from the root opof, ops, opes. Compare copia and apiscor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈbo.nus/

• Audio (Classical)

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Adjective

bonus m (feminine bona, neuter bonum); first/second declension

1. good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant
2. right
3. useful
4. valid
5. healthy

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	bonus	bona	bonum		bonī	bonae	bona
genitive	bonī	bonae	bonī		bonōrum	bonārum	bonōrum
dative	bonō	bonae	bonō		bonīs	bonīs	bonīs
accusative	bonum	bonam	bonum		bonōs	bonās	bona
ablative	bonō	bonā	bonō		bonīs	bonīs	bonīs
vocative	bone	bona	bonum		bonī	bonae	bona

This adjective has irregular comparative and superlative degrees.

• comparative: melior (better), superlative: optimus (best)

Antonyms

• malus

Related terms

• bene, well
• melior, better
• optimus, best

Noun

bonus (genitive bonī); m, second declension

1. A good, moral, honest or brave man
2. A gentleman

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	bonus	bonī
genitive	bonī	bonōrum
dative	bonō	bonīs
accusative	bonum	bonōs
ablative	bonō	bonīs
vocative	bone	bonī

Descendants

• Aromanian: bun
• Asturian: bonu
• Catalan: bo
• Dalmatian: bun
• French: bon
• Friulian: bon
• Galician: bo
• Italian: buono

• Occitan: bon
• Old Portuguese: bõo
• Old Provençal: bon
• Portuguese: bom
• Romanian: bun
• Romansch: bun
• Sardinian: bonu
• Sicilian: bonu
• Spanish: bueno