bonnibelt (bonibel)

[ Well, look to him, dame; beshrew me, were I 'Mongst these bonnibells, you should need a good eye. B. Jonson, The Penates. neut., a good thing: see bona and boon3.] Something of the nature of an honorarium or voluntary additional compensation for a service or advantage; a sum given or paid over and above what is required to be paid or is regularly payable. (a) A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company. a joint-stock company, holders of insurance policies, etc., out of accumulated profits. bonneter (bon'et-er), n. [ bonnet. [Slang.]