Bonus-army
a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
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an athlete who is paid a substantial bonus to sign his or her first professional contract.
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the ancient Roman god of agricultural prosperity.
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an issue of free shares distributed pro rata to existing stockholders instead of a dividend. noun (Brit) an issue of shares made by a company without charge and distributed pro rata among existing shareholders Also called scrip issue
- Bonus
something given or paid over and above what is due. a sum of money granted or given to an employee, a returned soldier, etc., in addition to regular pay, usually in appreciation for work done, length of service, accumulated favors, etc. something free, as an extra dividend, given by a corporation to a purchaser of […]
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skua (def 1). Historical Examples Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I Karl Ritter von Scherzer noun (originally in Shetland) the great skua See skua