Lagniappe vs Bonus - What's the difference?
lagniappe | bonus |
(Louisiana, Mississippi, Trinidad and Tobago, uncommon) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to a customer when they purchase something else.
* 1973 , (Thomas Pynchon), (w, Gravity's Rainbow) :
* 2011 , Steven Johnstone, A History of Trust in Ancient Greece (ISBN 0226405095), page 23:
Something extra that is good.
An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee.
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, title= (uncountable, basketball) One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
To pay a bonus, premium
As nouns the difference between lagniappe and bonus
is that lagniappe is (louisiana|mississippi|trinidad and tobago|uncommon) an extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to a customer when they purchase something else while bonus is .lagniappe
English
(wikipedia lagniappe)Noun
(en noun)- ‘Call it a little lagniappe , goodbuddy, that’s Duane Marvy’s way o’ doin’ thangs.’
- The seller resorts to a common saying to justify his position, while the buyer had to counter this with some arch words of his own. How buyers and sellers negotiated over a lagniappe'—an extra tidbit or bonus—reveals the precarious nature of trust in such relationships. Millett .
Synonyms
* pasella (South Africa), tilly (Ireland)Anagrams
*bonus
English
Noun
(es)Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
