| Main Entry: | bonus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unexpected extra |
Synonyms: |
additional compensation, benefit, bounty, commission, dividend, fringe benefit, frosting, gift, golden parachute, goody, gratuity, gravy, hand-out, honorarium, ice*, perk*, plus*, premium, prize, reward, special compensation, tip |
| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained, received |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, allowance, annuity, award, benefit, bonus, commission, dividend, donation, earnings, fortune, gain, gift, grant, income, increment, inheritance, net, premium, prize, proceeds, profit, remuneration, return, reward, riches, salary, security, wages, wealth, winnings |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Main Entry: | addition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something conjoined to or enlargement of something |
Synonyms: |
accession, accessory, accretion, accrual, addendum, additive, adjunct, aggrandizement, annex, appendage, appendix, attachment, augmentation, bonus, boost, commission, dividend, enhancement, enlargement, expansion, extension, extra, gain, hike, increase, increment, option, profit, raise, reinforcement, rise, supplement, wing |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share of a profit |
Synonyms: |
allowance, ante, bite*, bonus, brokerage, chunk, compensation, cut, cut-in, discount, end*, factorage, fee, indemnity, juice, pay, payment, percentage, piece, piece of the action, rake-off, remuneration, royalty, salary, slice*, stipend, taste, vigorish |
| Main Entry: | compensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repayment; rectification |
Synonyms: |
advantage, allowance, amends, atonement, benefit, bonus, bread, consideration, counterclaim, coverage, damages, defrayal, deserts, earnings, fee*, gain, honorarium, indemnification, indemnity, meet, pay, payment, payoff, premium, profit, quittance, reciprocity, reckoning, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remittal, remittance, remuneration, reparation, reprisal, requital, restitution, reward, salary, salt, satisfaction, scale, settlement, shake, stipend, take*, take-home, wage |
Antonyms: |
damage, deprivation, fine, forfeiture, loss, penalty |
| Main Entry: | dividend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's share, profit |
Synonyms: |
allotment, allowance, appropriation, bonus, carrot, check, coupon, cut*, dispensation, divvy, extra, gain, gravy, guerdon, interest, lagniappe, meed, pay, portion, premium, prize, proceeds, remittance, returns, reward, surplus, taste* |
Antonyms: |
loss |
| Main Entry: | extra |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accessory |
Synonyms: |
addendum, addition, adjunct, affix, appendage, appurtenance, attachment, bonus, complement, extension, supernumerary, supplement |
Antonyms: |
basic, essential, fundamental, necessity |
| Main Entry: | gift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given freely, for no recompense |
Synonyms: |
allowance, alms, award, benefaction, benefit, bequest, bestowal, bonus, boon, bounty, charity, contribution, courtesy, dispensation, donation, endowment, fairing, favor, giveaway, goodie, grant, gratuity, hand, hand-me-down, handout, honorarium, lagniappe, largesse, legacy, libation, oblation, offering, offertory, philanthropy, pittance, premium, present, presentation, provision, ration, relief, remembrance, remittance, reward, souvenir, subscription, subsidy, tip, token, tribute, write-off |
Antonyms: |
forfeit, loss, penalty |
| Main Entry: | gratuity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift, tip |
Synonyms: |
alms, benefaction, bonus, boon, bounty, contribution, donation, fringe benefit, grease palm, largesse, little something, offering, perk*, perquisite, present, recompense, reward, salve, sweetener, token |
| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | share, investment |
Synonyms: |
accrual, authority, bonus, claim, commitment, credit, discount, due, earnings, gain, influence, involvement, participation, percentage, piece, points, portion, premium, right, stake, title |