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English Dictionary: bounty	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bounty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bounty n payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military Synonym(s): bounty, premium the property of copious abundance Synonym(s): amplitude, bountifulness, bounty generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely Synonym(s): bounty, bounteousness 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 Synonym(s): Bounty, H.M.S. Bounty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bounty \Boun"ty\, n.; pl. {Bounties}. [OE. bounte goodness, kindness, F. bont[82], fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for older duonus; cf. Skr. duvas honor, respect.] 1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. [Obs.] Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty. --Gower. 2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence. My bounty is as boundless as the sea. --Shak. 3. That which is given generously or liberally. [bd]Thy morning bounties.[b8] --Cowper. 4. A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into the public service; or to encourage any branch of industry, as husbandry or manufactures. {Bounty jumper}, one who, during the latter part of the Civil War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. [Collog.] {Queen Anne's bounty} (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings. Syn: Munificence; generosity; beneficence.