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bounty
- /ˈbaʊnti/ UK
- /ˈbaʊn(t)i/ US
- [ˈb̥aʊ̯ɾ̃i] US
- /ˈbaʊn(t)i/ Canada
- [ˈb̥ʌʊ̯ɾ̃i] Canada
- /ˈbæɔnti/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈbæʊnti/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -aʊnti
Where it comes from
From Middle English bounte (“goodness, virtue; beauty; strength; chivalry, valour; excellence; kindness, mercy; good deed; generosity”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman bounté and Old French bonté, bontet, bunté (modern French bonté (“goodness, kindness”)), from Latin bonitās.
noun bounties
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Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
[H]is [Henry I, Duke of Guise's] gifts, though conferred for the interest of his ambition, appeared always scattered with an easy bounty.
Similar: liberality, munificence, bounteousness, bountihood · Opposite: frugality, parsimony, sparingness, stinginess
- Something given liberally; a gift. [...] We have given and granted, and by theſe Preſents for Us, Our Heirs, and Succeſſors, do give and grant unto the ſaid Governors of the Bounty of Queen ANNE, for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the poor Clergy, hereby conſtituted, and their Succeſſors, all the Revenues of Firſt Fruits and
- A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government. Let us therefore conſider ſeparately the encouraging of exportation of corn by bounties, the allowing it to be exported without any bounty, and the prohibiting it to be exported at all in certain caſes— [...] It is not for the ſake of the farmer, but for the good of the nation at large, that this bo
- A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance. Whatever may be said in favor of bounties on the larger beasts of prey, those on hawks, owls, and the smaller fur-bearing animals can not be justified. Payments of this sort should cease, and laws should be enacted to protect species which careful investigations have shown to be mainly beneficial. [
- Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein. It was in the army to which bounties were thus given to privates, that the memorialists were officers; and gallant officers the history of that war amply proves they were. If the soldiers of that army and even the heirs of those who volunteered their services for a given and short period, but who we
- An abundance or wealth. The bounty of Texas consists of a state full of rich living and traditions, stretching centuries back to the Indians, through the Spanish, Mexicans, and Anglos, to all the many nationalities that moved in and then spread out through Texas and the Southwest.
verb bounties · bountying · bountied
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To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of.
Similar: put a bounty on someone's head, put a price on someone's head
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: premium, bountifulness, bounteousness, amplitude, generosity, goodness, kindness, richness, riches, wealth, abundance, prime, incentive, allowance, jumping, grant
Translations
Every language
noun reward for some specific act
| Español | recompensa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 상금 sanggeum |
| 日本語 | 賞金 shōkin, 奨励金 shōreikin |
| 中文 | 獎金 /奖金 jiǎngjīn, 賞金 /赏金 shǎngjīn, 贈款 /赠款 zèngkuǎn |
| Português | recompensa |
| Français | prime |
| Deutsch | Belohnung, Kopfgeld, Prämie |
| Italiano | premio, ricompensa, taglia |
| Ελληνικά | αμοιβή amoiví, πριμοδότηση primodótisi |
| Română | recompensă |
| Русский | вознагражде́ние voznagraždénije, пре́мия prémija, награ́да nagráda |
| Tiếng Việt | thưởng kim |
| العربية | مُكَافَأَة mukāfaʔa, جَائِزَة jāʔiza |
noun something given liberally — see also gift, donation, present
| Español | dádiva |
|---|---|
| Português | dádiva |
| Français | don |
| Deutsch | Geschenk |
| Italiano | regalo, dono, regalia |
| Ελληνικά | δώρο dóro |
| Русский | пода́рок podárok, дар dar |
noun money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein
| Français | prime |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Heuer |
| Italiano | ricompensa, paga, ingaggio, premio, premio di arruolamento, compenso |
verb to put a price on someone's head
| Español | poner precio a su cabeza |
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Talk about this word "bounty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bounty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bounty. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bounty "bounty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bounty.Cite this
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howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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