noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bonus payment (= an additional payment because success has been achieved )
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The team had made illegal bonus payments to players.
a compensation/bonus etc scheme (= in which people receive compensation, a bonus etc )
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a new compensation scheme for accident victims
added advantage/bonus/benefit etc
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The system has the added advantage of recordable DVD drives.
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Include people in your picture for added interest .
no-claims bonus
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
added
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The safety and durability that have become Volvo hallmarks are an added bonus , though anti-lock brakes are an extra £595.
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The truly neat Cal Schenkel cover is an added bonus , by the way.
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The attachments are an added bonus .
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That they all do so with big doses of customer appeal is an added bonus .
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Both should regard this as an added bonus rather than an outcome to be expected. 6.
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This was just a little added bonus - Alan also received a 27 percent pay rise.
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Then if anything did happen, it would simply be an added bonus .
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Shop around for one which has the added bonus of sun filters for protection.
annual
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It is also customary for employers to pay an annual bonus of at least one month's salary and to provide medical benefits.
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There is an annual profit bonus on liquor sales: this is pensionable and averaged £800 in the last financial year.
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Each year, Clerical Medical announces the rate of annual bonus to be added to each eligible policy.
big
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But the biggest bonus for Armagh fans is the inclusion of the Grimley twins, Mark and John.
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For his pains Flynn drew the biggest bonus of all the deputies.
extra
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This extra bonus applies only to the war boar and not to the Orc rider.
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And it was an extra bonus if it sold a million.
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Where profits are declared, tax relief tends to represent an extra bonus rather than a necessary incentive to foreign investors.
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The extra bonus with the Magician card is the S3 chip which is a dedicated graphics processor.
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To take advantage of this extra bonus offer, simply tick the box on your order form.
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As an extra bonus it was blessed by a monk from the local Prinknash Abbey.
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The love of words is an extra bonus .
real
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Howe's presence this season as coach is a real bonus to him.
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It would be a real bonus for you to be far more promotable by next Christmas.
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The result has all the colourful character of other hand dragged kitchens, but with a very real and visible bonus .
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This is a real bonus considering that anti-virus software is often responsible for slowing down your computer.
special
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All policyholders with a stake in the participating with-profits fund will receive a special bonus if they vote for the Aegon deal.
unexpected
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Its anti-nicotine effect was an unexpected bonus .
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An unexpected bonus was that the emergency work galvanised Loi out of his melancholy.
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The very first season did produce a totally unexpected bonus , however.
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Viewing the rapids was an unexpected bonus to the Niagara experience.
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However semantic change often gives an unexpected bonus , which one should accept in this case as in others.
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Don't assume the Goblins will hit anything - if they do it's an unexpected bonus !
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It was an unexpected bonus for a man of fifty-one.
■ NOUN
cash
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High remuneration, excellent prospects and an immediate cash bonus await the successful applicant who will present himself at twelve noon today.
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If the reverse were true, coal would be delivered free to the generators with a cash bonus of £10 a tonne.
christmas
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It was done and we all went home with bags down to our chins and a Christmas bonus .
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For those anticipating a handsome Christmas bonus , the Mission Mtime integrated home theater system is an elegant starter kit.
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The Christmas bonus has also been neglected for too long.
claim
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With two exceptions all have obtained no claim bonus rebates.
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A much smaller increase in premium where you loose your no claims bonus following an accident than with most other insurers.
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Your full no claims bonus reinstated quicker under Auto-cover than with most other Insurance Companies.
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If this is the only payment we make, it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus.
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Although you can protect your 60% no claim bonus your premium may increase if you make claims or you receive motoring convictions.
payment
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Further additions to expatriates' pay may take the form of bonus payments .
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Since 1934, Lincoln has never missed a year in making bonus payments .
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For example, employees may receive bonus payments on the successful conclusion of their overseas assignments.
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Employees and managers alike are uncomfortable with distributing bonus payments under gain sharing without regard to individual contribution.
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They have a proven record of bonus payments to their with-profits policyholders for every year since 1824.
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They stood by their demands for back-dated bonus payments .
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Personal evaluations occur bi-annually and are used to assess both changes in the basic wage and individual bonus payments .
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Workers would receive a single bonus payment equivalent to US$27 to offset the price rises.
points
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No bonus points for losing face in front of them.
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A legal background can help you rack up bonus points in your job search.
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Points are awarded for each item and bonus points for any lines of doggerel quoted.
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Superb build quality and a good specification are bonus points and 100,000 miles or more can be expected from well-maintained examples.
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Contributing to an educational foundation or flood relief wins bonus points .
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Carrick, who will be 40 next month, brought Yorkshire maximum bowling bonus points by grabbing six for 58.
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Lose all three and it's game over, and five bonus points to your opponent.
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However, being inside the time does not incur either penalties or bonus points .
rate
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He was advised that the insurance company involved had been gradually reducing its terminal bonus rates .
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General Accident will follow with theirs in the afternoon, when it will also announce its bonus rates for life policies.
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This includes two things: the guaranteed interest rate and the regular bonus rate.
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In addition they were supposed to receive bonus rates after the daily target of 200 machines a day.
scheme
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Thus both management and employees would be covered by some sort of bonus scheme , maybe related to different indicators of performance.
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The bonus scheme is one example, but based around standard measured times.
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Work and method study is essential in the successful operation of a bonus scheme .
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Many firms, it says, cushion the blow with new bonus schemes or lump sum payments.
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Sadly, despite recently introduced performance bonus schemes , this gap is still widening.
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For his father Babur includes details of his pay rises, bonus scheme and overtime earnings.
system
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It may be achieved through complex processes of individualization in effort-related bonus systems .
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Everything from hardware-oriented managers to compensation and bonus systems to R &038; D / marketing promises of new home-run architectures discouraged them.
■ VERB
add
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A theatrical release would have been an added bonus .
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One that, as an added bonus , makes him apologize to his ex-wife for being such a gosh darn cad?
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The Coventry recording has the added bonus of two interviews with Braxton.
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I have divided it into four basic parts, with an added bonus at the end.
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This year King arrives with an added bonus , in the form of his daughter, Nell McGloin King.
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Right now, there is an added bonus .
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Anyway, matrimony carried an added bonus: travel benefits.
earn
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The way to earn a bonus is to reduce price.
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Should Laws earn the maximum performance bonus and fulfill the other conditions, he would make $ 213,500 in the final year.
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The labour constant should also give the operatives of different gangs or trades equal opportunity to earn a similar percentage bonus .
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He could earn a large bonus or none at all.
get
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Christmas bonus Pensioners usually get a small tax-free bonus shortly before Christmas each year.
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It is a great looking dish that gets a textural bonus courtesy of crunchy hazelnuts.
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This way you get the maximum possible bonus when combat resolution is calculated.
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If he were very lucky, he would also get a bonus: Coleby might provide him with evidence of murder.
give
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A third person may resent the waste of money and prefer to have been given a bonus to spend as he wishes.
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Rounding up from 0.3871, the more exact figure, to 0.39 gave Craig an unearned bonus of I 1.07 votes.
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However semantic change often gives an unexpected bonus , which one should accept in this case as in others.
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The gaffers gave us a bonus in Burgdy and Claray.
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Using this in the film gives the chase a bonus shot of extra realism.
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The landlords were given a bonus of twelve percent to induce them to sell.
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This was because car manufacturers gave retailers bonus payments if there were sufficient new registrations during a given period.
include
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However, she gives warning that this can still be misleading, especially if the interest includes an extremely attractive bonus .
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Sanders' $ 35 million deal included a signing bonus of $ 12, 999, 999.
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The rate includes a bonus of 1 per cent until January 27, 2001.
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The rate may include a bonus that disappears after six months or less.
lose
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Workers feared that opposition to the employer would lose them the ability bonus , which was increasingly determined by cooperativeness rather than skill.
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And if workers function as a team and one person misses time, the entire team loses the bonus .
pay
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Like those of Charles Brady, the biggest slice of Mr Samuel's 1999 earnings was paid as a bonus .
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Serigraph also pays workers a cross-training bonus of 25 an hour if they learn how to operate a new piece of equipment.
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It is also customary for employers to pay an annual bonus of at least one month's salary and to provide medical benefits.
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Quite simply, the crew members would be paid a bonus for every crossing.
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It is not as though they are paid a bonus for this production-line fishing.
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He persuaded each of the two railways to pay him a bonus of one thousand dollars.
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Dons should be paid a bonus for every year in which they do not publish an article.
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Two bonus programs fill in that gap: First, Honda pays an attendance bonus.
protect
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If this is the only payment we make, it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus.
receive
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For example, employees may receive bonus payments on the successful conclusion of their overseas assignments.
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If the employees produce 50 percent more than standard, they receive a 50 percent bonus .
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A charging war boar therefore receives a strength bonus of +2.
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If they produce 100 percent more than standard, they receive a 100 percent bonus .
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Workers would receive a single bonus payment equivalent to US$27 to offset the price rises.
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If the county meets state-set goals for such collections, it receives a bonus that can be used on any program.
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All policyholders with a stake in the participating with-profits fund will receive a special bonus if they vote for the Aegon deal.
sign
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Sanders' $ 35 million deal included a signing bonus of $ 12, 999, 999.
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His $ 750,000 signing bonus was spread over three years at $ 250,000 per year.
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Quarterback Boomer Esiason did not receive a signing bonus from the Cardinals.
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Wiley is expected to command a $ 10 million signing bonus .
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The deal included a $ 7. 5 million signing bonus .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Did you get a Christmas bonus this year?
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Liz earned a £1000 bonus for being the best salesperson of the year.
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The management offered a large bonus to those workers who stayed to the end of the contract.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Average salary for managers of large companies is £78,000, plus an £11,000 bonus , and in top concerns £107,000 plus £18,000.
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Childrens's books, with the bonus of attractive new ones from our Dunblane friend, surpassed all records this year.
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He had this idea that his bonus might suffer if a boss caught him away from his telephone.
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Should Laws earn the maximum performance bonus and fulfill the other conditions, he would make $ 213,500 in the final year.
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The bonus to the restaurant was that its name would be emblazoned on the side of the bins in smart gold letters.
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Top performing hourly workers in 1988 could earn as much as $ 80, 000 in earnings including bonus .
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Viewing the rapids was an unexpected bonus to the Niagara experience.