Definition. (C13 (in the sense: goodness): from Old French bontet, from Latin bonitas goodness, from bonus good) Bounty. 3. a payment made by a government, as, formerly, to a sailor on enlisting or to a soldier after a campaign. By working shoulder to shoulder, together we can increase the bounty of all.If I succeed in this I shall doubtless be able to seize more of His bounty.He was the complete idler, living on his Uncle's bounty, and making no return for it.For me, all bounty is too late; but my children—to-morrow they may have no mother.For myself, your majesty's bounty has left me nothing to wish.I must confesse I am infinitely obliged to your Honner's bounty.He has none but what is received from royal and paternal munificence and bounty.As a rule, the bounty of this admission was bestowed upon poor artists.That was161 my benefactor's way of reminding me of my dependence on his bounty.Then, there were at court many gentlemen who had some claim or other upon His Majesty's bounty.“Epidemic” vs. “Pandemic” vs. “Endemic”: What Do These Terms Mean?All Of These Words Are Offensive (But Only Sometimes)Absentee Ballot vs. Mail-In Ballot: Is There A Difference?Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
something offered or given in return for a service performed plentifulness. bounties. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. Bounty: something offered or given in return for a service performed. Plenty and abundant. 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 boatgenerosity evidenced by a willingness to give freelypayment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the militarya gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiouslyLiberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence.A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into the public service; or to encourage any branch of industry, as husbandry or manufactures.one who, during the latter part of the Civil War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted as soon as possible after receiving the bounty.a provision made in Queen Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.David Carradine is a Bounty Hunter Whos Robotic Arm Hates Your CrotchThe Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bountyvessel; watercraft; oceangoing ship; seagoing ship; barge; boatcopious; plentiful; rich; lavish; profuse; abundant(charity; grant; contribution; benefaction; largesse; endowment; bestowal; gratuity; offering; gift; largess), (charity; grant; contribution; benefaction; largesse; endowment; bestowal; gratuity; offering; gift; largess), (due), (owe)avarice, meanness, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, stinginessgenerosity, generousness, largess, largesse, liberality, liberalness, magnanimity, open-handednessbig, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, free, freehanded, generous, giving, handsome, lavish, liberal, openhandedwealth; opulence; abundance; copiousness; teemingness; affluence; inexhaustibility; inexhaustibleness; lashings; lushness; overabundance; plenitude; plentifulness; plenty; luxuriance; sumptuousnessgrande quantité de choses présentes en un lieu (fr)copious; plentiful; rich; lavish; profuse; abundantabundant, copious, lavish, plentiful, profuse, richabundance, affluence, copiousness, inexhaustibility, inexhaustibleness, lashings, lushness, luxuriance, opulence, overabundance, plenitude, plentifulness, plenty, sumptuousness, teemingnessbig, bighearted, bounteous, free, freehanded, generous, giving, handsome, lavish, liberal, openhandedadministration, governance, governing, government, government activitycharity; grant; contribution; benefaction; largesse; endowment; bestowal; gratuity; offering; gift; largess(charity; grant; contribution; benefaction; largesse; endowment; bestowal; gratuity; offering; gift; largess), (charity; grant; contribution; benefaction; largesse; endowment; bestowal; gratuity; offering; gift; largess), (due), (owe)after, because of, considering, for, given, in view of, on account of, outward, owing to, thanks to, through, what withcharity; grant; contribution; benefaction; largesse; endowment; bestowal; gratuity; offering; gift; largessan offensive content(racist, pornographic, injurious, etc.) The charity is totally dependent on the Church's bounty. 2 (noun) in the sense of abundance. abound in/with sth.