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{
"term": "bonus",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an extra amount of money that is added to a payment, especially to somebody’s wages or salary as a reward",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a £100 Christmas bonus"
},
{
"text": "productivity bonuses"
},
{
"text": "the row over bankers' bonuses"
},
{
"text": "What is actually paid will depend on the bonus payments made at the end of the policy."
},
{
"text": "All employees get an annual bonus before the summer holidays."
},
{
"text": "All workers participate in the bonus scheme."
},
{
"text": "He was awarded a cash bonus of $2 500."
},
{
"text": "If you don't meet our targets, you'll lose your bonus."
},
{
"text": "Some employees will receive discretionary bonus payments."
},
{
"text": "You will receive a bonus for high levels of productivity."
},
{
"text": "Everyone in the company gets a 10% Christmas bonus."
},
{
"text": "Some of the top executives are awarded bonuses of up to £1m."
}
],
"topics": ["Money", "Working life"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
"verb + bonus": ["award (somebody)", "give somebody", "pay somebody"],
"bonus + noun": ["payment", "scheme"],
"preposition": ["bonus of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "anything pleasant that is extra and more or better than you were expecting",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Being able to walk to work is an **added bonus** of the new job."
},
{
"text": "As a bonus, club members can get free tickets for all the family."
},
{
"text": "One of the great bonuses of retirement is having time to spare."
},
{
"text": "It came as an unexpected bonus when Jim said he'd lend us his car."
},
{
"text": "A major bonus to the conference is the presence of several interpreters."
},
{
"text": "The sunshine on the final day was a welcome bonus for the spectators."
},
{
"text": "The house is comfortable, and as an added bonus, it's near my work."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["great", "huge", "major"],
"preposition": ["bonus for"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbəʊnəs/",
"audio": "bo/bonus/bonus__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbəʊnəs/",
"audio": "bo/bonus/bonus__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late 18th cent. (probably originally Stock Exchange slang): from Latin bonus (masculine) ‘good’, used in place of bonum (neuter) ‘good, good thing’."
}