BONUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does bonus mean?
• BONUS (noun)
The noun BONUS has 2 senses:
1. anything that tends to arouse
2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
Familiarity information: BONUS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BONUS (noun)
Meaning:
Anything that tends to arouse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
bonus; fillip
Context example:
his approval was an added fillip
Hypernyms ("bonus" is a kind of...):
positive stimulus (a stimulus with desirable consequences)
Meaning:
An additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
bonus; incentive
Hypernyms ("bonus" is a kind of...):
payment (a sum of money paid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bonus"):
dividend (a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus))
sales incentive (remuneration offered to a salesperson for exceeding some predetermined sales goal)
Holonyms ("bonus" is a part of...):
incentive program; incentive scheme (a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something)
