bonus

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun anything that tends to arouse
noun an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

Borrowed from Latin bonus (“good”). Doublet of bona.

That’s why I want that bonus! — Babbitt, Sinclair Lewis
'She means my bonus,' said Owen. — The Man Upstairs and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
(See 1918, 1919.) Bonuses and Bunkers. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

fillip

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning