bonuses
bonuses is the plural of bonus.
bonuses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bonus.
Meaning of bonus
Noun
bonus (plural bonuses or bonusses or (nonstandard) boni)
- Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
- 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.2009 February 14, “Letters: Time to sack the bonus culture”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2024
- 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.1988, David Powell, Rygar (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 25
- One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
Proper noun capitalized: Bonuses
Bonuses
- plural of Bonus
Phrases with bonuses
Questions about bonuses
- What is bonuses the plural of?
- Bonuses is the plural of bonus.
- What part of speech is bonuses?
- Bonuses is a proper noun.
Words near bonuses in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bonuses (page history and authors); Bonuses (page history and authors); bonus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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