different between coupon vs bonus

English

Etymology

From French coupon, from couper (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ku??p?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ku??p?n/, /?kju??p?n/

Noun

coupon (plural coupons)

1. A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
2. A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
3. (finance, obsolete) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.
4. (finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
5. (Britain, politics, historical) The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
6. (Scotland) A person's face.

Synonyms

• (section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement): voucher

Derived terms

• couponer
• couponing
• zero coupon bond

Translations

Verb

coupon (third-person singular simple present coupons, present participle couponing or couponning, simple past and past participle couponed or couponned)

1. To use coupons to a such extent that makes the user actively looking for coupons in magazines, online and whatever they can be found.

Derived terms

• couponer, couponner
• couponing, couponning

Anagrams

• uncoop

French

Etymology

couper +? -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.p??/

Noun

coupon m (plural coupons)

1. coupon (certificate of interest due)
2. An oddment or offcut, a short rest of fabric remaining from a bolt (roll) or large piece.

Descendants

References

Further reading

• “coupon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??.n?s/
• Rhymes: -??n?s
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bo?.n?s/
• Rhymes: -o?n?s

Noun

bonus (plural bonuses or bonusses or boni)

1. Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
2. An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.

3. (video games) An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.
   • 1988, David Powell, Rygar (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 25

     Spend the time killing things and there's a bonus for each hit - but only for fatalities notched up since the start of your current life.

4. (basketball) One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.

Derived terms

• Bonusgate
• signing bonus

Translations

Verb

bonus (third-person singular simple present bonuses or bonusses, present participle bonusing or bonussing, simple past and past participle bonused or bonussed)

1. (transitive) To pay a bonus, premium

Descendants

• ? Danish: bonus
• ? French: bonus
• ? German: Bonus
• ? Portuguese: bónus
• ? Japanese: ???? (b?nasu)

Anagrams

• Bonsu, bo'sun, bosun, bouns

Czech

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bonus]
• Hyphenation: bo?nus

Noun

bonus m inan

1. bonus

Declension

Further reading

• bonus in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• bonus in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Via English bonus from Latin bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?o?nus]

Noun

bonus c (singular definite bonussen, plural indefinite bonusser)

1. bonus (an extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder)
2. bonus (an unexpected benefit)
3. bonus (an extraordinary reduction of a price)

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bo?.n?s/
• Hyphenation: bo?nus

Noun

bonus m (plural bonussen or boni, diminutive bonusje n)

1. A bonus, an extra or premium.
2. (by extension) Any one-off gain.
3. Good marks in a rating scale, notably to calculate an insurance premium dependent on the number of accidents.

Derived terms

• bonusaandeel
• bonuscultuur
• bonus-malus
• bonuslevel
• bonuspunt
• bonusscore

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: bonus

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bonus or Latin bonus.

Noun

bonus

1. A bonus (something extra)
2. A bonus (extra payment to an employee)

Declension

Synonyms

• (something extra): ekstra, lisäetu, plussa
• (employee bonus): kannustuspalkkio, tulospalkkio

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bonus, from Latin bonus. Compare bon (“good”), a doublet inherited from the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.nys/

Noun

bonus m (uncountable)

1. premium
2. bonus

Antonyms

• malus

Further reading

• “bonus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bonus, from Latin bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bon?s]
• Hyphenation: bo?nus

Noun

bonus

1. bonus,
   1. something extra that is good; an added benefit.
   2. an extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.

      Synonyms: gratifikasi, insentif

Further reading

• “bonus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bonus. Compare the inherited doublet buono (“good”).

Noun

bonus m (invariable)

1. A bonus (all senses)

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Some relate it to Ancient Greek ???? (déos), whence ?????? (deinós), ?????? (deilós).Compare the change from duellum to bellum (“war”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?bo.nus/, [?b?n?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?bo.nus/, [?b??nus]

Adjective

bonus (feminine bona, neuter bonum, comparative melior, superlative optimus or optumus, adverb bene); first/second-declension adjective

1. good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant

   Antonym: malus

2. right
3. useful
4. valid
5. healthy
6. quality

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

• bonit?s
• cui bon?

Related terms

Descendants

Noun

bonus m (genitive bon?); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• bonus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bonus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bonus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• bonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Further reading

• bonus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English bonus or Latin bonus.

Noun

bonus m (definite singular bonusen, indefinite plural bonuser, definite plural bonusene)

1. a bonus

References

• “bonus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English bonus or Latin bonus.

Noun

bonus m (definite singular bonusen, indefinite plural bonusar, definite plural bonusane)

1. a bonus

References

• “bonus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bonus, from Latin bonus. Compare the doublet bueno (“good”), inherited from the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bonus/, [?bo.nus]

Noun

bonus m (plural bonus)

1. bonus