bounty UK /ˈbaʊnti/US /ˈbaʊn(t)i/noun 6verb 1forms 3 noun6 •Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.[H]is [Henry I, Duke of Guise's] gifts, though conferred for the interest of his ambition, appeared always scattered with an easy bounty. — 1819 •A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.In recent years, AGeS, the Alliance Geological Service, has offered bounties to private individuals or teams willing to perform mineralogical surveys on the frontier. — 2008 •A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.Nationwide surveys showed a decline in numbers [of crocodiles] from a variety of factors including dams in rivers, killing for skins and for bounties. — 2003 •(historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein. •(figurative) An abundance or wealth.America insulted the rest of the planet, thought Malik Solanka in his old-fashioned way, by treating such bounty with the shoulder-shrugging casualness of the inequitably wealthy. — 2001 •Something given liberally; a gift. verb1 •To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of. formsbountied · bountying · bounties
