Noun: bonus bow-nus
- An additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output
"The company offered a year-end bonus to boost productivity";
- incentive
- Anything that makes one feel encouraged
"his approval was an added bonus";
- fillip, shot in the arm
- A welcome unexpected event
"Finding a parking spot right in front was a bonus"
Derived forms: bonuses
Type of: payment, positive stimulus
Part of: incentive program, incentive scheme
Encyclopedia: Bonus, Pennsylvania