Meaning of bonification | Babel Free
Definitions
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The paying of a bonus (especially in relation to taxes). countable, uncountable
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A bonus that improves the score of a competitor who achieves a milestone. broadly, countable, uncountable
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An act or process of improvement. countable, uncountable
Examples
“We beg leave to state that on high colors cut by ten yards, (instead of twelve yards for ordinary colors,) there is a bonification of eight per cent.”
“A bonification of the mash and material tax at the former rate will be paid only on exportations to foreign countries, since all the German states have accepted the alcohol-tax law of June 24, 1887.”
“The amount of the bonifications is to be fixed quarterly.”
“Besides the commission allowed him for purchasing the cotton and tobacco, which amounted to about $40,000, the witness said he received a "bonification commission" on the return or processed of sales, which amounted to upwards of $20,000 or more--making his compensation as agent rising $60,000.”
“Obviously, if the bonifications are received in cash, some risky creative bookkeeping is required on the agency side.”
“Somewhat confusingly, the bonification – or bonus – is subtracted from the rider's time, not added to it.”
“But they also know that, in an area where bonification has been completed, and where in consequence, the inhabitants settle permanently in better houses and in all the other circumstances of a moderately good standard of life, malaria tends more or less quickly to lose its importance as a cause of sickness and death.”
“In terms of inferring what the corresponding condition of bonification is here if the malefics are able to maltreat through a simple sign-based opposition, I would suggest that the answer is the trine.”
“The Malaria Commission's appreciation of the role of social and economic advancement was influenced in part by early Italian success in eliminating malaria through a policy of generalized rural uplift known as bonifica integrale, or bonification, begun after World War I.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.