money paid as a reward for ‘bringing in’ scalps of people or animals.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > fee for services rendered > [noun] > payment for capture or return of person or property > others (4) scalp-money1704 money paid as a reward for ‘bringing in’ scalps of people or animals. head money1713 Money paid for each person brought, captured, killed, etc.; a financial reward offered for capturing or killing someone, a bounty; spec. money paid… bounty1764 esp. A reward offered for the scalp of an American Indian, or for the body of a wanted criminal taken dead or alive. Now Historical. North American. straggling-money1815 (see quots.). |
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