Bounty - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbaʊntɪ|
Brit.
|ˈbaʊntɪ|
noun
- payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military (syn: premium)
- the property of copious abundance (syn: amplitude)
- generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely
- a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat
- the property of copious abundance (syn: amplitude)
- generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely
- a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat
Extra examples
The cottage is filled with a bounty of fresh flowers.
Many of these people were dependent on his bounty.
People came from all over the world to enjoy America's bounty.
I knew him pretty well from his days as a DJ in the Bounty Club (=from when he was a DJ).
Word forms
noun
singular: bounty
plural: bounties
singular: bounty
plural: bounties
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