Definition: 1. An extra amount of money that is added to a payment, especially to somebody's wages as a reward. 2. Anything that tends to arouse. 3. Anything pleasant that is extra and more or better than you were expecting.
Use 'bonus' in a sentence:
1. Starting next year, any guaranteed bonus of top executives could be delayed 10 years if their banks are under investigation for wrongdoing.
2. The boss said if we could swing this deal he'd give each of us a bonus.
3. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman's compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked?
4. High achievers will receive cash bonuses.
5. For the team that gets a Zag brand to market, there is another cash bonus—or even better in the tough time, a job.
6. He was expecting a bonus.
7. You know he just got his bonus.
8. A bonus of up to 5 per cent can be added to a pupil's final exam marks as a reward for good spelling, punctuation and grammar.
9. These returns will not be enough to meet the payment of annual bonuses to policyholders.
10. My bonus was a big, fat zero.
11. The staff were tickled pink when the company announced a fat bonus for everyone.
12. He'll be happy to get a paltry bonus.
13. Take plenty of breaks, because they offer a double bonus. The time off gives your mind a chance to do some preliminary consolidation, and it also gives a memory boost to the learning.
14. He decided to quit his job after getting the bonus.
15. For those who are overweight or obese, they could receive the bonus if they reduce their weight by 10% during the year.
16. Footballers are accustomed to profiting handsomely from bonuses.
17. We felt we might finish third. Any better would be a bonus.
18. Let us assume those clubs actually win something. Then players will receive large bonuses.
19. The bonus of this homely soup is the brevity of its cooking time.
20. In addition to his salary, he has a bonus of 25 yuan per month.
21. The staff is expecting a large Christmas bonus.
22. That means weight can be hard for individuals to control, which makes the bonus unfair.
23. It also refers to the money of bonus or bribery.
24. Something from nothing—the two-suiter from Chase Manhattan and my own existence, luggage a bonus and life a bonus too.
25. You know, that's like a bonus.
26. Each employee received a like bonus.
27. There is no ceiling on bonuses.
28. It's made from natural ingredients, but with the added bonus of containing 30 per cent less fat than ordinary cheese.
29. He is the only one that gets the bonus because he is always toadying to his boss.
30. The workers expected to share out a year-end bonus.
31. Enterprises always take the performance management only for bonus distribution.
32. Workers in big firms receive a substantial part of their pay in the form of bonuses and overtime.
33. The year-end bonuses were distributed in an equitable manner.
34. There will be no bonuses this month.
35. As a bonus, the hotel's lower energy needs have reduced its annual carbon emissions by more than 200 metric tons.
36. But by the end of 2009, Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman's compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked?
37. The bonus must be dealt out fairly.
38. He is under the illusion that he will get an extra bonus.
39. Sometimes, it also refers to the money of bonus or bribery.
40. Take plenty of breaks, because they offer a double bonus: the time off gives your mind a chance to do some preliminary consolidation and it also gives a memory boost to the learning.
41. Attendance bonus is a payment made to employees by their employer as part of their wage to reward satisfactory attendance at work.
42. The committee backtracked by scrapping the controversial bonus system.
43. A bonus of up to five percent can be added to a student's final exam score as a reward for good spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
44. She was rewarded for her efforts with a cash bonus.
45. Some sales organizations combine both individual and group sales bonus programs.
46. These bonuses will be paid when your savings plan matures in ten years' time.
47. Being able to walk to work is an added bonus of the new job.
48. Bonus notices were issued each year from head office to local agents.
49. The company offers a bonus as an incentive to greater speed and efficiency in production.
50. The new tax has sliced annual bonuses by 30 percent.
51. The system of paying cash bonuses is open to abuse.
52. The firm's employees were expecting large bonuses.
