bounty
Meanings
Plural: bounties
Noun
- payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
- the property of copious abundance
- generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely
- a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat
- Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
- Something given liberally; a gift.
- A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
- A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
- A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
- Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
- A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
- An abundance or wealth.
Verb
- To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English bounte (“goodness, virtue; beauty; strength; chivalry, valour; excellence; kindness, mercy; good deed; generosity”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman bounté and Old French bonté, bontet, bunté (modern French bonté (“goodness, kindness”)), from Latin bonitās.
Synonyms
amplitude, boon, bounteousness, bountifulness, bountihood, gratuity, H.M.S. Bounty, liberality, munificence, premium
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
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