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bonusing
DCHP-2 (Sep 2013)
n. — Industry, Administration
a subsidy, usually as an incentive for manufacturing.
Type: 5. Frequency — The verb "to bonus" is first cited in OED-3 in 1886 and defined as "to give a bonus to; to assist or promote by bonuses" (see OED-3, s.v. "bonus" [v.]). Bonusing is derived from this term, attested as of 1887 in Canada, and has been specialized to refer to government subsidies. The term appears to be most frequent in Canada (see Chart 1) and might be a Canadian innovation.
See also COD-2, s.v. "bonusing", which is marked "Cdn".
See also COD-2, s.v. "bonusing", which is marked "Cdn".
See: bonus
Quotations
1887
The practice of bonusing manufactures rests upon the belief that it is worth while for a municipality to pay for the establishment of a particular kind of industry, in the city, town or village. Precisely where there [sic] payment comes in, probably no one has ever thought of examining with exactness.
1890
A thoroughly in earnest man, one who will not think he is off on a pleasure excursion, but who will do his eloquent best to persuade settlers to choose his native province as their future home, will, we fancy, do more to bring about the desired result than any amount of bonusing.
1908
P. M. Draper, Ottawa, said the question under discussion would never down till it was settled and settled right. That right settlement was the stopping of all bonusing of immigration. (Cheers.) He believed the birthrate of this country is sufficient, provided the men are properly fed, to provide the people required to do all the work that is to be done.
1920
That the Canadian government, through the operation of carrying goods for mail order houses at less than cost, was thereby bonusing the operation of such places of business, was the charge made in the senate today by Senator William Proudfoot.
1945
More than half of our pre-war national debt was incurred in the construction or bonusing of railways. Even in those days our government was underwiting big business.
1978
But the members of two committees of City Council are to consider a proposal that would extend the concept of bonusing into residential zones where buildings are normally permitted a total floor area no greater than the area of the lot.
1999
Obviously, it would be beneficial to have new residential and commercial investment in the north end, but local government is stymied by the price tag, and by the fact that municipalities aren't allowed by law to offer financial incentives to companies or developments in a specific area. (The practice is called bonusing.)
2013
Most of the discussion about community improvement plans focused on an identical tax rebate for sites in Orleans. With regards to the east-end community improvement program, councillors were concerned the rebate could end up bonusing the property owners instead of being passed along to business owners who would be tenants in their buildings.
References
- COD-2
- OED-3
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