bo‧nus S2 / bəʊnəs $ boʊ- / 名词 [可数名词]

1 money added to someone’s wages, especially as a reward for good work :

Long-term savers qualify for a cash bonus.

Further additions to your pay may take the form of bonus payments.

a Christmas bonus

Each worker receives an annual bonus.

a £20,000 bonus

2 something good that you did not expect in a situation

bonus for

Britain’s possession of North Sea oil has proved a bonus for British technology.

He promised to take me to the match, with the added bonus of an afternoon off school.

3 no-claims bonus British English a reduction in the cost of your car insurance when you do not make a claim in a particular year

THESAURUS

income money that you receive from working, investments etc : families on a low income

salary the pay that professional people such as teachers or lawyers earn every year : a salary of $65,000 a year

wages the pay that someone earns every hour or every week : Her wages barely cover the rent.

bonus money added to someone’s pay, as a reward for good work or as a reward when the company does well : The company pays an attendance bonus – if you go 30 days without being late or absent, you get the bonus.

earnings all the money that you earn by working : In a good year, a bonus can double an executive’s earnings.