bonification

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bonification

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From bonus + -ification.

noun bonifications

  1. countable, uncountable The paying of a bonus (especially in relation to taxes). 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.
  2. broadly, countable, uncountable A bonus that improves the score of a competitor who achieves a milestone. Somewhat confusingly, the bonification – or bonus – is subtracted from the rider's time, not added to it.
  3. countable, uncountable An act or process of improvement. 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 s

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@misc{bonification_2026,
  title = {bonification},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bonification},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}