Bonusname

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  A surname.

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  A place name:

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  A place name:

bonusnoun/ˈbəʊ.nəs/

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  Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

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  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.
  • Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
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  video-gamesAn 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.
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  ball-gamesbasketballgamesOne or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.

bonusverb/ˈbəʊ.nəs/

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  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.
  • The main bulk of the piece-workers (71%) are bonussed for fulfillment of the production quotas by the section, shop or plant on condition they fulfill the norms.