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- Dictionarybounty/ˈbaʊnti/
noun
- 1. a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal: "there was an increased bounty on his head" Similar
- 2. a sum paid by the state to encourage trade: historical "bounties were paid to colonial producers of indigo dye"
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BOUNTY definition: 1. money paid as a reward: 2. great kindness or willingness to give: 3. a large amount: . Learn more.
The meaning of BOUNTY is something that is given generously. How to use bounty in a sentence.
If there is bounty on your table, it means you have a wide variety and large quantity of food. If there's a bounty on your head, it means the government has put out a reward for your capture. Bounty derives from the Latin bonus "good."
What does bounty mean? A bounty is a reward, especially one offered in an official way for the capture of someone or something. This sense of the word most often refers to the reward sought by bounty hunters for tracking down and capturing fugitive criminals (or, in older times, killing them).
A bounty is money that is offered as a reward for doing something, especially for finding or killing a particular person. A bounty of $50,000 was put on Dr. Alvarez's head. They paid bounties for people to give up their weapons. Synonyms: reward, present, grant, prize More Synonyms of bounty. More Synonyms of bounty.
BOUNTY meaning: 1. money paid as a reward: 2. great kindness or willingness to give: 3. a large amount: . Learn more.
1. generosity in giving to others; liberality. 2. a generous gift; something freely provided. 3. a payment made by a government, as, formerly, to a sailor on enlisting or to a soldier after a campaign. 4. any reward or premium: a bounty of 20p for every rat killed.
