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Complete Definition of "bonus"

English

Etymology
From L. #Latin|bonus, good.

Because Latin has gender, this would mean "a good man (male)". Properly formed, the word should be bonum (neuter gender), meaning "a good thing". This would be parallel to the many other neuter gender words adopted into English, like maximum, minimum, premium, optimum. Its plural would then be bona or Bonii.

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��n�s|-��n�s

Noun
en-noun|es

  1. Something extra that is good
  2. An extra amount of money given to an employee

#:The employee received a bonus for his excellent work.

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|something extra that is good
Dutch: bonus m
Finnish: bonus#Finnish|bonus, lisäetu, ekstra, plussa
Icelandic: bónus m
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trans-top|extra amount of money given to an employee
Finnish: bonus#Finnish|bonus, kannustuspalkkio, tulospalkkio
Icelandic: bónus m
trans-mid
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Translations to be checked
trans-top|translations to be checked
ttbc|Dutch: bonus
ttbc|German: Bonus m
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ttbc|Spanish: plus m, beneficio m
ttbc|Vietnamese: ti�n thư�ng, ti�n các
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Finnish

Noun
fi-noun|bonu|type=seos

  1. A #English|bonus (something extra)
  2. A #English|bonus (extra money to an employee)

Synonyms
italbrac|something extra: ekstra, lisäetu, plussa
italbrac|employee bonus: kannustuspalkkio, tulospalkkio

Latin

Etymology
From an older form duenos

Noun
la-noun|bonus|boni|bonī|m|second

  1. a good, moral, honest or brave man
  2. gentleman

la-decl-2nd|bon

Adjective
la-adj-1&2|bonus|bona|bona|bonum|bonum

  1. good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant
  2. right
  3. useful
  4. valid
  5. healthy

la-decl-1&2|bon

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|-
!style="background:#47DCF8;"| Number
!style"background:#47DCF8;" colspan3| singular
|!style"background:#47DCF8;" colspan3| plural
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"|Case \ Gender
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| m
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| f
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| n
|!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| m|p
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| f|p
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| n|p
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Nominative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| melior
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| melior
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melius
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliores|meli�r�s
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliores|meli�r�s
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliora|meli�ra
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Genitive
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melioris|meli�ris
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melioris|meli�ris
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melioris|meli�ris
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliorum|meli�rum
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliorum|meli�rum
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliorum|meli�rum
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Dative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliori|meli�rī
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliori|meli�rī
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliori|meli�rī
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melioribus|meli�ribus
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melioribus|meli�ribus
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melioribus|meli�ribus
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Accusative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliorem|meli�rem
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliorem|meli�rem
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melius
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliores|meli�r�s
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliores|meli�r�s
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliora|meli�ra
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Ablative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliore|meli�re
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliore|meli�re
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliore|meli�re
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melioribus|meli�ribus
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melioribus|meli�ribus
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melioribus|meli�ribus
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Vocative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melior
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melior
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|melius
|

|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliores|meli�r�s
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliores|meli�r�s
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|meliora|meli�ra
|}

{| cellpadding"5" border"1"
!style"background:#92B887;" colspan8| Superlative
|-
!style="background:#47DCF8;"| Number
!style"background:#47DCF8;" colspan3| singular
|!style"background:#47DCF8;" colspan3| plural
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"|Case \ Gender
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| m
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| f
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| n
|!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| m|p
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| f|p
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| n|p
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Nominative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimus
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optima
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimum
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimi|optimī
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimae
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optima
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Genitive
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimi|optimī
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimae
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimi|optimī
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimorum|optim�rum
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimarum|optim�rum
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimorum|optim�rum
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Dative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimo|optim�
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimae
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimo|optim�
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimis|optimīs
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimis|optimīs
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimis|optimīs
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Accusative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimum
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimam
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimum
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimos|optim�s
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimas|optim�s
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optima
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Ablative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimo|optim�
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optima|optim�
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimo|optim�
||style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimis|optimīs
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimis|optimīs
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimis|optimīs
|-
!style="background:#F1BC4E;"| Vocative
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optime
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optima
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimum
|

|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimi|optimī
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optimae
|style="background:#F5F5EE;"| notred|optima
|}

Usage notes
This adjective has irregular compar and superl degrees.

Comparative: melior m|f, melius|-ius n; better

Superlative: optimus m, optima|-a f, optimum|-um n; best

Related terms
bene, well
melior, better
optimus, best

Antonyms
malus

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ru:bonus
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te:bonus
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