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bounty

UK/ˈbaʊnti/ US/ˈbaʊn(t)i/ fairly common

noun

1.

payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military

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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

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Origin

From Middle English bounte (“goodness, virtue; beauty; strength; chivalry, valour; excellence; kindness, mercy; good deed; generosity”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman bounté and Old French bonté, bontet, bunté (modern French bonté (“goodness, kindness”)), from Latin bonitās.

Phrases

  • bounty hunter
  • bounty jumper

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