(n.) In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the heart of the payday loan profit bonanza is the "continuous payment authority" (CPA) agreement, which allows lenders to access customer bank accounts to retrieve funds.
(2) Companies fail to do so at present because the world is in the midst of a shale gas bonanza, and most gas companies are focused on finding new sources of supply.
(3) Speaking a few days before the last major financial event of the coalition government, Cable said: “This budget, I think there is a common agreement across the coalition, cannot be some kind of pre-election bonanza because that would completely undermine credibility.” He made clear that the Lib Dems have worked hard to ensure that Osborne will deliver a budget on behalf of the whole coalition.
(4) Ben Altman Spencer, New York, USA • We believe the energy industry has been misrepresented in your article ( Big firms' gas bonanza threatens green energy , 21 April), which claims energy companies are lobbying governments and business to reject renewables in favour of natural gas.
(5) Chief executive John Walden said retailers have learned their lesson from last year’s Black Friday sales bonanza, which wreaked havoc on the high street and hit shops’ profits in the run-up to Christmas.
(6) The far-reaching scheme would also strengthen the power of Brussels against national energy regulators; boost consumer choice transnationally when buying electricity services; generate a bonanza in energy infrastructure investment; and integrate supply systems regionally and on an EU-wide scale.
(7) West Ham United Accounts of WH Holding Ltd for the year to 31 May 2015 • Ownership David Sullivan 51.1%; David Gold 35.1%; CB Holding ehf 10% • Turnover 9th highest in League £121m , up from £115m in 2014 • Income Match income and football related £20m; Commercial £15m; Premier League & broadcasting £79m; Retail & merchandising £7m • Wage bill Joint 12th highest in League £73m , up from £64m in 2014 • Wages as proportion of turnover 60% • Profit before tax £3m , following £10m profit in 2014 • Net debt £67m • Interest payable £6m • Highest-paid director Unnamed, £646,000 (Karren Brady is the executive vice-chairman) State they are in: The figures for West Ham’s occupation of the £701m, 60,000-seat Olympic stadium , disclosed after dogged persistence by Freedom of Information campaigners supporting other clubs, have confirmed it as the greatest public money bonanza ever bestowed on a football club.
(8) With League clubs permitted to make losses of £8m without sanction, the question is not so much whether QPR will pay a penalty but what percentage of their £80m bonanza will be lost.
(9) The role of shale gas in this bonanza has been overlooked by supporters of the controversial fuel.
(10) Labour has stepped up demands for the government to pull the plug on the privatisation before applications for shares close on Tuesday evening, warning that taxpayers will be shortchanged in a "bonanza for City speculators".
(11) And it's Christmas bonanza time along the high streets of Britain, where Oxfam outlets and estate agents lie lonely amid empty sites and desolate closed doors.
(12) Pearson's pre-tax profit bonanza was partly boosted by the £412m profit on the £428m sale of its 50% stake in FTSE International to the London Stock Exchange last year.
(13) Fracking could trigger a £33bn investment bonanza and create 64,000 jobs, promises a new report for the shale industry released on Thursday and part-funded by government.
(14) As gas power has replaced coal in the US, the excess coal has pushed down prices on world markets, sparking a bonanza for the high-carbon fuel.
(15) We get a bonanza of jobs and increasing energy security: CO2 reduction with immediate and lasting benefit.
(16) In a radically different take on the annual ads bonanza, Sainsbury's will devote a number of its pre-Christmas TV spots to clips from a new documentary created by The Last King of Scotland and Marley director Kevin Macdonald.
(17) There are many old people sitting on mountainous property wealth generated by multiple bubbles, an unearned bonanza that has never been taxed.
(18) Yesterday's report from the Centre for Economic Performance showed how bonanza bonuses in the finance sector cause risk-taking that contributed to the financial crisis.
(19) Outsourcing firms are preparing for a bonanza of local authority contracts to provide everything from bin men to back office bureaucrats and have reported a doubling in the number of deals on offer this year.
(20) Leicester city and Leicestershire county council are hoping for a Plantaganet tourism bonanza once the new visitor centre opens on 26 July, 100 yards from the cathedral and overlooking the site of his original resting place, the site of the demolished Grey Friars church.
Income
Definition:
(n.) A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion.
(n.) That which is caused to enter; inspiration; influence; hence, courage or zeal imparted.
(n.) That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the rent of houses, the proceeds of professional business, the profits of commerce or of occupation, or the interest of money or stock in funds, etc.; revenue; receipts; salary; especially, the annual receipts of a private person, or a corporation, from property; as, a large income.
(n.) That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; -- sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See Food. Opposed to output.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the bars of Antwerp and the cafes of Bruges, the talk is less of Christmas markets and hot chocolate than of the rising cost of financing a national debt which stands at 100% of annual national income.
(2) This would disrupt and prevent Isis from maintaining stable and reliable sources of income.
(3) Meanwhile, reductions in tax allowances on dividends for company shareholders from £5,000 down to £2,000 represent another dent to the incomes of many business owners.
(4) Brown's model, which goes far further than those from any other senior Labour figure, and the modest new income tax powers for Holyrood devised when he was prime minister, edge the party much closer to the quasi-federal plans championed by the Liberal Democrats.
(5) Occupational income per patient was higher in intervention patients than in the usual care group in the 6 months after AMI ($9,655 vs $7,553).
(6) Initial analysis suggests that about one-fifth of gross costs would be directly returned to the public purse via income tax and national insurance payments.
(7) I am rooting hard for you.” Ronald Reagan simply told his former vice-president Bush: “Don’t let the turkeys get you down.” By 10.30am Michelle Obama and Melania Trump will join the outgoing and incoming presidents in a presidential limousine to drive to the Capitol.
(8) Groups were similar with respect to age, sex, school experience, family income, housing, primary language spoken, and nonverbal intelligence.
(9) There was a rise of prevalence with age and higher-income groups.
(10) As a strategy to reach hungry schoolchildren, and increase domestic food production, household incomes and food security in deprived communities, the GSFP has become a very popular programme with the Ghanaian public, and enjoys solid commitment from the government.
(11) They also questioned why George Osborne and the Treasury failed to realise there was a potential issue earlier in the calculation process – pointing to recent upwards revisions of post-1995 gross national income by the UK’s own statistics watchdog.
(12) The eight senators, including the incoming ranking member Mark Warner of Virginia, wrote to Barack Obama to request he declassify relevant intelligence on the election.
(13) This paper, which draws on the author's experience as chairman of the Committee on Health Care for Homeless People of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), describes what is known about the characteristics of homeless persons and the causes of homelessness, and about the health status of homeless persons, which is often not very good (but not significantly worse, it would appear, than that of other low-income persons).
(14) After controlling for age and cigarette smoking status, BMI was significantly related to education, income, occupation, and marital status in both men and women.
(15) "It is very satisfying work," says the 28-year-old, who earns a net monthly salary of 23,000 kwatcha ($80), probably one of the highest incomes in the village.
(16) It’s not like there’s a simple answer.” Vassilopoulos said: “The media is all about entertainment.” “I don’t think they sell too many papers or get too many advertisements because of their coverage of income inequality,” said Calvert.
(17) We reported previously that glutamine:F-6-P amidotransferase (GFAT) plays an integral role in the development of insulin resistance by directing the flow of incoming glucose into the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway.
(18) The deteriorating situation would worsen if ministers pressed ahead with another controversial Lansley policy – that of abolishing the cap on the amount of income semi-independent foundation trust hospitals can make by treating private patients.
(19) Energy UK said the help offered by its members to pensioners and low-income households was the equivalent of giving shoppers £135 per year.
(20) The report's authors warns that to limit their spending councils will have "an incentive to discourage low-income families from living in the area" and that raises the possibility that councils will – like the ill-fated poll tax of the early 1990s – be left to chase desperately poor people through the courts for small amounts of unpaid tax.