单词 | bonification |
释义 | bonificationn. 1. The action or an instance of making something good or better; amelioration, improvement; (in later use) spec. the reclamation of land for the purpose of cultivation, construction, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] betteringeOE amendmentc1230 bote of beam1330 meliorationa1400 upraisingc1400 reformation?a1425 amelioration?a1450 enrichinga1513 amendsa1547 gooding1567 betterment1594 meliorization1599 endearment1612 raisure1613 betterance1614 ascenta1616 ascension1617 enrichmenta1626 improvement1625 booty beam1642 meliorating1647 bonification1652 uplift1873 work1914 pickupa1916 upgrading1920 tone-up1943 stepping1958 upgradation1979 upgrade1980 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 17 The Bonification and virtuification of Lully..are words exploded by those that affect the purity of the Latine diction. 1663 W. Lucy Observ. Errours Hobbes Leviathan xxxv. 403 I answer, that bonification, as making good, is not onely taken for a forme, but an efficient Cause. 1789 T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 460 He showed that this could be made up without a new tax, by economies and bonifications which he specified. 1862 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 205/2 For example, the bonification of old wines depends upon certain affinities between tartaric acid and the alcohol, which require several years for their development. 1875 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 29 Oct. 983/1 We now come to the days when the public began to clamour for the ‘bonification’ of the Porte. 1927 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 343/1 They do not regard the ‘large bonifications’ as an antimosquito measure, and they know that such a bonification may increase the abundance of anopheles in the area reclaimed. 2013 Hesperia 82 102 The construction of the Marathon Waterworks and the bonification of the Serres plain were large-scale American business ventures. 2. Refund or remission of a tax, duty, or other charge; the payment of a bonus or premium. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun] > payment of bonus to holder of floating debt bonification1798 1798 S. H. Wilcocke tr. Regulations & Orders in tr. J. S. Stavorinus Voy. E.-Indies III. App. 482 The aforesaid warehousekeepers shall not have to claim any bonification of offreckonings, or diminutions, beyond the aforesaid allowed emoluments. 1825 Morning Post 19 Aug. If from this any overcharge in the Sound duty should take place, no bonification can be granted. 1876 G. J. Goschen in Daily News 4 Oct. 6/3 The bonification of 25 per cent. to the holders of the floating debt. 1923 Financial Times 16 July 1/3 (advt.) Mählers Bank..Checks and telegr. transfers. Deposits in Dutch and Foreign countries with bonification of interest. 1939 Times 31 Aug. 15/3 The future of Brazil as a cotton producer is prejudiced by the recent action of the United States in granting a bonification of 1.50 cents per lb. on all exports of cotton. 2010 South Burnett (Queensland) Times & Rural Weekly (Nexis) 8 Oct. 3 The GrainCorp harvest pools feature increments for protein, screenings and moisture offered for wheat pools and canola pools will pay bonification on AOF standards. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1652 |
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