Noun
the couple's generous donation was a great boon to the charity's fund-raising campaign
a softhearted man who finds it hard to deny any boon, whether it be for friend or stranger Adjective
I and my boon companions celebrated that afternoon's victory on the gridiron with a night at a local dance club.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Imax runs are a boon for the movie and are turning in 48 percent of the gross.—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2024 Like the gold bars, the coins are only available on the company’s website—and introducing precious metals to its online offerings has been a boon for e-commerce.—Chris Morris, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024 Separately, the eclipse has been a boon for hotels and Airbnb.—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024 In a warming climate, creating greater separation between urban areas and wild areas is a boon for wildfire safety.—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024 Oil is seen as such a boon that even questioning how it’s regulated can be branded unpatriotic.—Gaiutra Bahadur Keisha Scarville, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024 However, recent precipitation has been a boon — and far outpaced typical averages for this time of year, according to data from the local National Weather Service.—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024 In a set of Democratic primaries where the leading candidates largely fall in line with one another on most major political issues, the endorsement could be a boon.—Katie Shepherd, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024 All of this economic trouble is a boon to the AfD, which accuses Scholz of spending money on Kyiv and refugees rather than on German citizens.—Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English bone prayer, request, the favor requested, from Old Norse bōn request; akin to Old English bēn prayer, bannan to summon — more at ban entry 1
Adjective
Middle English bon, from Anglo-French, good — more at bounty
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