Bounty

/'baunti/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Generosity, liberality: The quality of being generous and willing to give freely.
    • A generous gift or reward: Something given liberally, especially a monetary reward offered by a government or organization for a specific act, such as capturing a criminal, killing a dangerous animal, or enlisting in the military.
    • Abundance, plentifulness: A large or copious amount of something.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • The charity relies on the bounty of its donors. (It relies on their generous giving.)
    • The government placed a bounty on the fugitive's head. (It offered a reward for his capture.)
    • We enjoyed the bounty of the harvest. (We enjoyed the abundant harvest.)
Advanced Usage
  • "bounty hunter": A person who captures fugitives or criminals for a bounty (reward money). This is a compound term listed separately.
    • The bounty hunter tracked the outlaw across the desert.
Variants and Related Words
  • Bountiful (adj): Existing in large quantities; abundant. Also, giving generously.
    • a bountiful supply
    • a bountiful benefactor
  • Bounteous (adj): (Literary) Generously given; abundant.
    • bounteous gifts
Synonyms
  • Generosity: The quality of being kind and generous.
  • Reward: A thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.
  • Abundance: A very large quantity of something.
  • Premium: A sum added to an ordinary price or charge.
Related Phrases
  • "to claim a bounty": To officially request and receive a reward that has been offered.
    • He traveled to the sheriff's office to claim the bounty.
  • "bounty on/upon": Used to specify the target of the reward.
    • There is a bounty on wolves in that region.
Noun
  1. 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
  2. generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely
  3. the property of copious abundance
  4. payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military

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