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单词 bounty
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bounty

[ boun-tee ]
/ ˈbaʊn ti /
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noun, plural boun·ties.

a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government: There was a bounty on his head. Some states offer a bounty for dead coyotes.
a generous gift.
generosity in giving.

Origin of bounty

1200–50; Middle English b(o)unte<Anglo-French, Old French bonte,Old French bontet<Latin bonitāt- (stem of bonitās) goodness. See boon2, -ity

SYNONYMS FOR bounty

2 present, benefaction.
3 munificence, liberality, charity, beneficence.
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synonym study for bounty

1. See bonus.

OTHER WORDS FROM bounty

boun·ty·less, adjective

Words nearby bounty

bound up in, bound variable, bounteous, bountied, bountiful, bounty, bounty bag, bounty hunter, bouquet, bouquet garni, bouquetier
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British Dictionary definitions for bounty (1 of 2)

bounty
/ (ˈbaʊntɪ) /

noun plural -ties

generosity in giving to others; liberality
a generous gift; something freely provided
a payment made by a government, as, formerly, to a sailor on enlisting or to a soldier after a campaign
any reward or premiuma bounty of 20p for every rat killed

Word Origin for bounty

C13 (in the sense: goodness): from Old French bontet, from Latin bonitās goodness, from bonus good

British Dictionary definitions for bounty (2 of 2)

Bounty
/ (ˈbaʊntɪ) /

noun

a British naval ship commanded by Captain William Bligh, which was on a scientific voyage in 1789 between Tahiti and the West Indies when her crew mutinied
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