Bonus
/ˈbəʊnəs/noun
An extra amount of money that is given to you as a present or reward for good work as well as the money you were expecting.
She received a bonus of $2,500 at the end of the year.
Often appears as...
- receive a bonus
- year-end bonus
noun
Something good that is added or gained in a situation that is already good or beneficial.
The Wi-Fi connection was really fast, and the free snacks were an added bonus.
Often appears as...
- added bonus
- unexpected bonus
noun
An extra-advantage something gives you.
This car's low fuel consumption is a big bonus.
Often appears as...
- big bonus
- fuel economy bonus
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An extra payment given to salespeople for selling a certain volume or number of items.
He earned a large summer bonus for exceeding his sales quota.
Often appears as...
- sales bonus
- summer bonus
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An extra amount of money that is given to you as a present or reward for good work as well as the money you were expecting.
She received a bonus of $2,500 at the end of the year.
Often appears as...
- receive a bonus
- year-end bonus
noun
Something good that is added or gained in a situation that is already good or beneficial.
The Wi-Fi connection was really fast, and the free snacks were an added bonus.
Often appears as...
- added bonus
- unexpected bonus
noun
An extra-advantage something gives you.
This car's low fuel consumption is a big bonus.
Often appears as...
- big bonus
- fuel economy bonus
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An extra payment given to salespeople for selling a certain volume or number of items.
He earned a large summer bonus for exceeding his sales quota.
Often appears as...
- sales bonus
- summer bonus
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Reward
Used in professional settings to describe a monetary reward for good performance.
After the successful project, each team member got a bonus.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Salary
A bonus is separate from your regular pay and not considered part of your salary.
Her salary was modest, but the annual bonus made the job worthwhile.
Pro Tip 3/3Performance-based
It's often tied to meeting certain performance milestones or achieving goals.
His exceptional sales record earned him a significant bonus.
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The game that can give...
I could tell you what these four types of strength are, but I'd rather you experience them firsthand. I'd rather we all start building them up together right now. Here's what we're going to do. We'll play a quick game together. This is where you earn the seven and a half minutes of bonus life that I promised you earlier.
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What makes us feel good...
we can direct them to work another way. This is why we give bonuses to bankers and pay in all kinds of ways. And we really have this incredibly simplistic view of why people work, and what the labor market looks like. At the same time, if you think about it, there's all kinds of strange behaviors in the world around us.
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The path toward...
lost their jobs but what was even more important was the rest of the 35 state governments realized that there was zero tolerance for non-performance our money had to work for the poor we did something else that happened this was perhaps a bonus for us as we turned out
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Bring on the female...
But do you know how much grief she's going to take in her life for having a little tomboy in her? Zero. None. People will think it's cute. They'll call her feisty, because in our society, adding so-called male traits to girls is seen as an upgrade, seen as a bonus.
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Why good leaders make...
have such a visceral hatred, anger, at some of these banking CEOs with their disproportionate salaries and bonus structures. It's not the numbers. It's that they have violated the very definition of leadership. They have violated this deep-seated social contract.
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The freakonomics of...
And I thought about it and said, "CEOs often pay themselves million-dollar bonuses, even when companies are losing a lot of money. And it never would really occur to an economist that this idea of 'weak and shit' could really be important."
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Our loss of wisdom -...
incentives fix the incentives fix the incentives the truth is that neither rules nor incentives are enough to do the job how could you even write a rule that got the janitors to do what they did and would you pay them a bonus for
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
plants that not only need very little water they also support local populations of insects and birds bonus by remodeling this yard i'm going to be reducing my water footprint by a lot and yards are where homes use
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How economic inequality...
the bonus culture incomes at the top. I think we must make our bosses accountable to their employees in any way we can. I think the take-home message though is that we can improve the real quality of human life
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Feeding Bull Sharks PIPE...
take place several times each week to protect the shocks this reef has now been declared a marine reserve with the added bonus that other fish are
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The game that can give...
I could tell you what these four types of strength are, but I'd rather you experience them firsthand. I'd rather we all start building them up together right now. Here's what we're going to do. We'll play a quick game together. This is where you earn the seven and a half minutes of bonus life that I promised you earlier.
Video examples
What makes us feel good...
we can direct them to work another way. This is why we give bonuses to bankers and pay in all kinds of ways. And we really have this incredibly simplistic view of why people work, and what the labor market looks like. At the same time, if you think about it, there's all kinds of strange behaviors in the world around us.
Video examples
The path toward...
lost their jobs but what was even more important was the rest of the 35 state governments realized that there was zero tolerance for non-performance our money had to work for the poor we did something else that happened this was perhaps a bonus for us as we turned out
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Bring on the female...
But do you know how much grief she's going to take in her life for having a little tomboy in her? Zero. None. People will think it's cute. They'll call her feisty, because in our society, adding so-called male traits to girls is seen as an upgrade, seen as a bonus.
Video examples
Why good leaders make...
have such a visceral hatred, anger, at some of these banking CEOs with their disproportionate salaries and bonus structures. It's not the numbers. It's that they have violated the very definition of leadership. They have violated this deep-seated social contract.
Video examples
The freakonomics of...
And I thought about it and said, "CEOs often pay themselves million-dollar bonuses, even when companies are losing a lot of money. And it never would really occur to an economist that this idea of 'weak and shit' could really be important."
Video examples
Our loss of wisdom -...
incentives fix the incentives fix the incentives the truth is that neither rules nor incentives are enough to do the job how could you even write a rule that got the janitors to do what they did and would you pay them a bonus for
Video examples
The Water Crisis PIPE...
plants that not only need very little water they also support local populations of insects and birds bonus by remodeling this yard i'm going to be reducing my water footprint by a lot and yards are where homes use
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How economic inequality...
the bonus culture incomes at the top. I think we must make our bosses accountable to their employees in any way we can. I think the take-home message though is that we can improve the real quality of human life
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Feeding Bull Sharks PIPE...
take place several times each week to protect the shocks this reef has now been declared a marine reserve with the added bonus that other fish are
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Jaclyn Smith
American Actress
I've been a fortunate girl: I grew up in a family that loved me from day one. I feel well grounded and lucky from that. So everything else is a bonus, because I grew up in this family that I adored, and adored me, and I think when you have that, you are already ahead of the game in the sense of how you feel about yourself.
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Sallie Krawcheck
American Businesswoman
I've managed many people in my career. I've managed very diverse teams. And it's interesting because what I've found over time is that when it would come to bonus time or raise time, I would hear from the gentlemen, 'I want to make X.' I don't think I ever heard from a woman who worked for me, 'I want to make X.
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Trevor Noah
South African Comedian
The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.
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George Saunders
American Writer
We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide who's been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water.
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Nadiya Hussain
British Chef
My own kids are absolutely allowed to help me cook it. They of course have the added bonus of knowing how to bake. That wasn't really a concept when I was a kid - I learned it at school in home economics, then started properly when I was home with my children. They love helping me.
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Vernon Jordan
American Businessman
A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.
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Henry Mintzberg
Canadian Businessman
My feeling about executive bonuses is that any candidate for a chief executive job who even raises the issue of bonuses should be dismissed out of hand.
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Jeff Foxworthy
American Comedian
Find something in life that you love doing. If you make a lot of money, that's a bonus, and if you don't, you still won't hate going to work.
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Freeman Dyson
American Physicist
If you start out with a tragic view of life, then anything since is just a bonus.
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Lucas Grabeel
American Actor
Success is the most important to many, to me it's just a bonus.
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Jaclyn Smith
American Actress
I've been a fortunate girl: I grew up in a family that loved me from day one. I feel well grounded and lucky from that. So everything else is a bonus, because I grew up in this family that I adored, and adored me, and I think when you have that, you are already ahead of the game in the sense of how you feel about yourself.
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Sallie Krawcheck
American Businesswoman
I've managed many people in my career. I've managed very diverse teams. And it's interesting because what I've found over time is that when it would come to bonus time or raise time, I would hear from the gentlemen, 'I want to make X.' I don't think I ever heard from a woman who worked for me, 'I want to make X.
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Trevor Noah
South African Comedian
The first purpose of comedy is to make people laugh. Anything deeper is a bonus. Some comedians want to make people laugh and make them think about socially relevant issues, but comedy, by the very nature of the word, is to make people laugh. If people aren't laughing, it's not comedy. It's as simple as that.
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George Saunders
American Writer
We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide who's been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water.
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Nadiya Hussain
British Chef
My own kids are absolutely allowed to help me cook it. They of course have the added bonus of knowing how to bake. That wasn't really a concept when I was a kid - I learned it at school in home economics, then started properly when I was home with my children. They love helping me.
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Vernon Jordan
American Businessman
A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.
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Henry Mintzberg
Canadian Businessman
My feeling about executive bonuses is that any candidate for a chief executive job who even raises the issue of bonuses should be dismissed out of hand.
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Jeff Foxworthy
American Comedian
Find something in life that you love doing. If you make a lot of money, that's a bonus, and if you don't, you still won't hate going to work.
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Freeman Dyson
American Physicist
If you start out with a tragic view of life, then anything since is just a bonus.
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Lucas Grabeel
American Actor
Success is the most important to many, to me it's just a bonus.
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