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   boun·ty

   /ˈboun(t)ē/

   noun

   • 1. a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal: "there was an increased bounty on his head" Similar rewardprizeawardrecompenseremunerationcommissionconsiderationpremiumdividendbonusendowmentgratuitytipfavordonationhandoutincentiveinducementpursewinningsmoneyinformal:perksweetenerformal:perquisiterare:guerdonmeedlagniappe
   • 2. a sum paid to encourage trade: historical "bounties were paid to colonial producers of indigo dye"
   • ▪ a sum paid by the state to army or navy recruits on enlistment: "they do not qualify for their bounty because they have spent insufficient time at summer camp"
   • 3. something given or occurring in generous amounts: literary "the bounties of nature"
   • ▪ generosity; liberality: "for millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty" Similar generositymagnanimitymunificenceopen-handednessfree-handednessbountifulnesslargesseliberalitylavishnessindulgencebenevolencebeneficencecharitycharitablenessgoodwillbig-heartednesskindnesskindlinesscompassioncareblessingsfavorsgiftsliterary:bounteousnesshistorical:almsgivingOpposite meanness

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting goodness or generosity): from Old French bonte ‘goodness’, from Latin bonitas, from bonus ‘good’. The sense ‘monetary reward’ dates from the early 18th century.

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