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bounty
[ boun-tee ]
noun
- a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government:
There was a bounty on his head. Some states offer a bounty for dead coyotes.
- a generous gift.
Synonyms: benefaction, present
- generosity in giving.
Synonyms: munificence, beneficence, charity, liberality
bounty
1/ ˈbaʊntɪ /
noun
- generosity in giving to others; liberality
- a generous gift; something freely provided
- a payment made by a government, as, formerly, to a sailor on enlisting or to a soldier after a campaign
- any reward or premium
a bounty of 20p for every rat killed
Bounty
2/ ˈbaʊntɪ /
noun
- a British naval ship commanded by Captain William Bligh, which was on a scientific voyage in 1789 between Tahiti and the West Indies when her crew mutinied
Other Words From
- bounty·less adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bounty1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Rural churches were deserted, and the connection between the land and the bounty of harvests was gone.
A bounty hunter told AFP that the suspected Texan could very well be Everett Livvix of Robinson, Illinois.
The state of Idaho paid a bounty hunter to kill wolves in the Salmon River country.
ISIS also had made use of its bounty of captured American equipment.
Lobbyists use these trips to lavish bounty on Congressmen, far from prying eyes.
Instinct had prompted her to put away her husband's bounty in casting off her allegiance.
I feel most grateful to you for your kindness, for your generous sympathy in my sorrow, but I cannot accept your bounty.
The good folk do not accept the bounty of their Queen without making her a return for it in kind.
This fair one was attended by Bounty, Beauty, and all the rest; they are called a folk in l. 48.
A testator may bequeath property to a trustee who shall select the objects of the testator's bounty.
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