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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incrementum, from incr?sc? (whence increase), from in- + cr?sc? (“grow”). Equivalent to increase +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k??mn?t/

Noun

increment (plural increments)

1. The action of increasing or becoming greater.
   • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c

     the seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation and increment of animal and vegetable bodies

   • June 9, 1832 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk

     A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself.

2. (heraldry) The waxing of the moon.
3. The amount of increase.
4. (rhetoric) An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, […] think on these things."
5. (chess) The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
6. (grammar) A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.

Synonyms

• (action of increasing or becoming greater): enlargement, expansion; See also Thesaurus:augmentation
• (amount of increase): addition, supplement; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Antonyms

• (amount of increase): decrement; See also Thesaurus:decrement

Derived terms

• incremence (rare)
• incremental

Related terms

• increase

Translations

Verb

increment (third-person singular simple present increments, present participle incrementing, simple past and past participle incremented)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

Usage notes

• Used in many technical fields, especially in mathematics and computing.

Antonyms

• decrement

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin incr?mentum.

Noun

increment m (plural increments)

1. increment, increase

   Synonym: augment

Derived terms

• incremental

Further reading

• “increment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “increment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “increment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “increment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin incrementum

Noun

increment n (plural incrementuri)

1. increment

Declension

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