Bible Dictionaries
Bonus

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.

(2):

(n.) A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter.

(3):

(n.) An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bonus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bonus.html. 1828.