Dictionary Definition
bounty
Noun
1 payment or reward (especially from a
government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing
predatory animals or enlisting in the military [syn: premium]
2 the property of copious abundance [syn:
amplitude, bountifulness]
3 generosity evidenced by a willingness to give
freely [syn: bounteousness]
4 a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the
crew mutineed against their commander William Bligh and set him
afloat in an open boat [syn: H.M.S.
Bounty]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈbaʊnti/, /"baUnti/
- Rhymes: -aʊnti
Noun
Translations
generosity
something given liberally
reward
- Chinese traditional/simplified: 贈款, 赠款 (zèng kuǎn)
- French: prime
- German: Prämie
- Greek: πριμοδότηση
- Japanese: (しょうれいきん, shōreikin)
- Russian: вознаграждение (voznagražd'énije)
pay to naval volunteers
- ttbc Korean: 특지
- ttbc Spanish: generosidad f
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Bounty may refer to:
- Bounty (reward), an amount of money or other reward offered by an organization for the capture of a person or thing
In transportation:
- HMAV Bounty, an 18th century British Royal Navy ship, and its replicas
In geography:
- Bounty, Saskatchewan, a ghost town located in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Bounty Bay, an embayment of the Pacific Ocean into Pitcairn Island, named for the ship
- Bounty Islands, a small group of 13 islets and numerous rocks in the south Pacific Ocean which are territorially part of New Zealand
In film, television, and radio:
- The Bounty, a 1984 film with Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins
- Bounty, a 1993 documentary, the first Kinopanorama production shot in Australia.
- "Bounty" (Enterprise episode), a second season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
- "Bounty" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1
- "Bounty" (The A-Team), an episode from the TV series The A-Team
- Bounty (Doctor Who audio), a Doctor Who audio production based on the television series
- Bounty, a first-series episode of Blake's 7.
In other fields:
- Bounty (chocolate bar), a brand of coconut-filled chocolate bar
- Bounty (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
- Bounty (paper towel), a brand of paper towel manufactured by Procter & Gamble
- Bounty Day, the national holiday of Norfolk Island, commemorating the ship
- Bounty UK - The Uk's Favourite Parenting Club
See also
bounty in German: Bounty
bounty in French: Bounty
bounty in Croatian: Bounty
bounty in Italian: Bounty
bounty in Lithuanian: Bounty
bounty in Dutch: Bounty
bounty in Polish: Bounty
bounty in Russian: Баунти
bounty in Finnish: Bounty
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parenting.Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Trinkgeld, aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, annuity, assistance, award, beneficence, bigheartedness, bonus, bonus system, bounteousness, bountifulness, bribe, charitableness, charity, consideration, depletion
allowance, dole, donative, double time, easy
purse strings, endowment, fee, fellowship, financial
assistance, free hand, freedom, freehandedness, freeheartedness,
freeness, fringe
benefit, generosity,
generousness,
gift, givingness, goodness, graciousness, grant, grant-in-aid, gratuity, gravy, grease, great heart, greatheartedness,
guaranteed annual income, help, honorarium, hospitality, incentive pay,
inducement, lagniappe, largeheartedness,
largeness, largess, largesse, liberality, liberalness, magnanimity, munificence, old-age
insurance, open hand, open heart, openhandedness, openheartedness,
overtime pay, palm oil, pecuniary aid, pension, perks, perquisite, perquisites, philanthropy, pourboire, premium, present, price support, public
assistance, public welfare, relief, retirement benefits,
reward, salve, scholarship, solatium, something extra,
sportula, stipend, subsidization, subsidy, subvention, support, sweetener, tax benefit,
tip, unselfishness, welcome, welfare, welfare aid, welfare
payments