bonsella
/bɒnˈsɛlə
/(also bonsela)
noun South African
A tip or bonus.My suggestion to restaurateurs would be to divert your existing budget from the glossy guides and magazines and institute a bonsella programme....
- This is worth R2 billion: ‘In the case of a company like South African Breweries, for example, this meant a tax bonsela of more than R500,000 a day for a year’.
- Kilroe favours the Fedsure part bond, paying 15.5% from July 1, but if you are over 55 you earn a 0.5% bonsella.
Origin
From Zulu bansela 'express thanks with a gift', or from umbanselo 'small gift'.
- letter punch
- letter-quality
- letter rack
- letter receiver
- letter recommendatory
- letter-scale
- letterset
- letter slot
- letters missive
- letters of administration
- letter space
- letters page
- letters patent
- letters rogatory
- letter stamp
- letters testamentary
- letter stick
- letter sweater
- letter weigher
- letterweight
- letter-winged kite
- letterwood
- letterword
- letter-worship
- letter writer