bunce
bunce noun: a bonus; additional pay; money.
Noun
bunce (uncountable)
- A bonus; additional pay; money.
- To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?1959, Frank Clune, Murders on Maunga-tapu, page 10
Verb
bunce (third-person singular simple present bunces, present participle buncing, simple past and past participle bunced)
- To obtain money from, by trickery.
- In brief, you gentlemen who have been contributing to Charles Davis' salary have been bunced cleverly — if not cleverly, then completely. He has done less for more money than any other employe^([sic]) in the city.1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 141
Proper noun capitalized: Bunce
Bunce (plural Bunces)
- A surname.
bunce meaning in Bengali
bunce in Bengali
- একটি বোনাস, অতিরিক্ত বেতন, টাকা
Forms of bunce
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | bunces |
| present participle | buncing |
| past participle | bunced |
| past | bunced |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Bunces |
Origin of bunce
Costermonger jargon bunts, perhaps from bonus.
Words that rhyme with bunce
Questions about bunce
- What does bunce mean?
- Bunce means a bonus; additional pay; money.
- What is bunce in Bengali?
- Bunce in Bengali is একটি বোনাস, অতিরিক্ত বেতন, টাকা. See Bunce meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is bunce?
- Bunce can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
Words near bunce in the dictionary
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