Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, struck a curious deal in February under which banks agreed to pay smaller bonuses, mainly in return for larger basic salaries, but only for a year.
If you are key talent, your employer may agree to, say, a big bonus in December 2010 in return for a smaller salary in 2011.
You saved their skins and their bonuses (and got nothing in return).
That resolution established the incentive program for private developers, whereby developers construct public spaces -- plaza "bonuses," in zoning lingo -- in return for bigger buildings.
A month earlier, Germany had offered to derail an EU cap on bankers' bonuses, which the UK opposed, in return for UK support in sidelining the stricter car regulations.
Remember, everything you sell is something you don't want anymore anyway, so getting even a little bit of money in return is a bonus.
(In return they received bonuses).
This means that the government has effectively sold off half of the rainforest it owns for the specific purpose of oil and gas extraction in return for taxes, bonuses, royalties – 75% is forecast by 2020.
In return for substantial bonuses and guarantees of lifetime employment, "Big Six" agreed, finally, to let the newspapers bring computers and electronic typesetting into composing rooms, which were still being run much as they had been for 90 years, with clanking machines that cast type in hot lead, one line at a time.
