Bonus Explained

Bonus commonly means:

• Bonus, a Commonwealth term for a distribution of profits to a with-profits insurance policy
• Bonus payment, an extra payment received as a reward for doing one's job well or as an incentive

Bonus may also refer to:

Places

• Bonus, Pennsylvania
• Bonus, Texas
• 10028 Bonus, a main belt asteroid

People

• Bonus (patrician) (6th-century–627), Byzantine statesman and general, active in the reign of Heraclius
• Bonus (Sirmium), a Byzantine general, active in the reign of Justin II (r. 565–578)
• Petrus Bonus, a physician

Brands and enterprises

• Bónus, an Icelandic supermarket
• TeST TST-14 Bonus, a Czech glider
• Bofors/Nexter Bonus, an artillery round

Energy

• Bonus Energy A/S, a Danish wind turbine manufacturer, later called Siemens Wind Power
• Boiling Nuclear Superheater (BONUS), a decommissioned nuclear facility in Puerto Rico

Games and sports

• Bonus (basketball), a situation wherein one team accumulates a certain number of fouls
• Bonus (Scrabble), a term used in the game Scrabble outside North America, for playing all seven of one's tiles
• Bonus, a type of question in quiz bowl