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antibonus

antibonus adjective: opposing the payment of a bonus.

Adjective

antibonus (comparative more antibonus, superlative most antibonus)

  1. Opposing the payment of a bonus.
    • The antibonus amendment applies to any company that has received bailout money (it gets tougher the more money a company has received) — and the only sure way a company can get out from under these new strictures is to give back the taxpayers’ money.2009 February 21, Joe Nocera, “First, Let’s Fix the Bonuses”, in New York Times

Forms of antibonus

comparativemore antibonus
superlativemost antibonus

Origin of antibonus

From anti- + bonus.

Questions about antibonus

What does antibonus mean?
Antibonus means opposing the payment of a bonus.
What part of speech is antibonus?
Antibonus is an adjective.

Words near antibonus in the dictionary

  1. antibolshevists
  2. antibomb
  3. antibonding
  4. antibonding orbital
  5. antibonding orbitals
  6. antibonus
  7. antibook
  8. antiboom
  9. antibootlegging
  10. antiboreal
  11. antiboson

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