Definition of "bienvenue" []

• Welcome. (noun)
• A fee exacted from a new workman by his fellows, especially in printing-offices. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "My wife and I regularly go to Quebec she's a French teacher and this past summer was when we first heard 'bienvenue' as a response to 'merci'."
• "Mille excuses pour mon retard à te souhaiter la bienvenue ..."
• "Mille excuses pour mon retard à te souhaiter la bienvenue..."