(business) A one-time payment given by a party entering a contractual relationship to another party entering that same contract, as an incentive to finalize the agreement. Also called a signing bonus

(surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.

(law) A trademark that is registered without the intent of using it for a product or service, but in an attempt to obstruct the registration of other similar trademarks.

Alternative spelling of fount of honour; fons honorum