Bounty Definition

bountē
bounties
noun
bounties
Generosity in giving.
Webster's New World
Something given freely; generous gift.
Webster's New World
A reward, premium, or allowance, esp. one given by a government for killing certain harmful animals, raising certain crops, etc.
Webster's New World
A benefit, premium, or reward offered or given, especially by a government, to cause a person to take some specific action.
Webster's New World Law
A gift or favor generously bestowed.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Bounty

Noun

Singular:
bounty
Plural:
bounties

Origin of Bounty

  • Anglo-Norman bounté, Old French bonté (“goodness”) (French: bonté), from Latin bonitātem, accusative singular of bonitās (“goodness”), from bonus (“good”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English bounte from Old French bonte from Latin bonitās goodness from bonus good deu-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Bounty Sentence Examples

  • The rest of the immortals had a bounty on my head.

  • You're a bounty hunter?

  • He was the son of William Airay, the favourite servant of Bernard Gilpin, "the apostle of the North," whose bounty showed itself in sending Henry and his brother Evan (or Ewan) to his own endowed school, where they were educated "in grammatical learning," and were in attendance at Oxford when Gilpin died.

  • Remember that nature's bounty can be found all year round.

  • But among their countrymen generally strict attendance to religious observances, a wide bounty to religious foundations, may be set down as national characteristics.

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Words Starting With

BBOBOU

Words Ending With

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