[a. F. bonification, n. of action f. bonifier: see BONIFY.]
† 1. Amelioration, bettering; augmentation of the produce of a tax, etc. Obs.
1789. T. Jefferson, Corr. (1830), 460. He showed that this could be made up without a new tax, by economics and bonifications which he specified.
2. The paying of a bonus.
1876. Goschen, in Daily News, 4 Oct., 6/3. Against the bonification of 25 per cent. to the holders of the floating debt.
