bonus

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.

   I was a bank manager in the 1970s, but I never received or expected to receive a bonus for doing my paid work.

2. 2
   noun

   An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.

   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.

3. 3
   verb

   To pay a bonus, premium

   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.

4. 4
   noun

   anything that tends to arouse

5. 5
   noun

   an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

6. 6
   noun

   Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

7. 7
   noun

   One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.

8. 8
   name

   A surname.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of bona.