bounty
/'baunti/
Definition
- 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
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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
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generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely
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the property of copious abundance
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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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