About The Word Bounty
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Bounty
Bounty Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Bounty?
[n] generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely
[n] the property of copious abundance [n] payment or reward (esp from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military Synonyms | Synonyms for Bounty: amplitude | bounteousness | bountifulness | premium Related Terms | Find terms related to Bounty: aid | alimony | allotment | allowance | annuity | assistance | award | beneficence | bigheartedness | bonus | bonus system | bounteousness | bountifulness | bribe | charitableness | charity | consideration | depletion allowance | dole | donative | double time | easy purse strings | endowment | fee | fellowship | financial assistance | free hand | freedom | freehandedness | freeheartedness | freeness | fringe benefit | generosity | generousness | gift | givingness | goodness | graciousness | grant | grant-in-aid | gratuity | gravy | grease | great heart | greatheartedness | guaranteed annual income | help | honorarium | hospitality | incentive pay | inducement | lagniappe | largeheartedness | largeness | largess | largesse | liberality | liberalness | magnanimity | munificence | old-age insurance | open hand | open heart | openhandedness | openheartedness | overtime pay | palm oil | pecuniary aid | pension | perks | perquisite | perquisites | philanthropy | pourboire | premium | present | price support | public assistance | public welfare | relief | retirement benefits | reward | salve | scholarship | solatium | something extra | sportula | stipend | subsidization | subsidy | subvention | support | sweetener | tax benefit | tip | Trinkgeld | unselfishness | welcome | welfare | welfare aid | welfare payments See Also | abundance | copiousness | generosity | generousness | reward | teemingness Bounty In Webster's Dictionary \Boun"ty\, n.; pl. {Bounties}. [OE. bounte goodness,
kindness, F. bont['e], 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. ``Thy morning
bounties.'' --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.
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