bounty

bounty
n
1. generosity, liberality, munificence, open-handedness, free-handedness; charity, charitableness, philanthropy, almsgiving, giving, donating; altruism, unselfishness, self-sacrifice; kindness, goodness, beneficence, benevolence, grace, big-heartedness; grace, help, aid, assistance, relief, succor.
2. gift, largess, tribute, present, presentation, handsel or hansel; contribution, donation, offering, benefaction; grant, subsidy, subvention, endowment, bestowal, concession.
3. bonus, premium, gratuity, tip; reward, guerdon, honorarium, Archaic. meed; recompense, remuneration, rebate, solatium, Inf. kickback.

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  • Bounty — Bligh und die loyal gebliebenen Seeleute verlassen die Bounty p1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Bounty — Boun ty, n.; pl. {Bounties}. [OE. bounte goodness, kindness, F. bont[ e], fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for older duonus; cf. Skr. duvas honor, respect.] [1913 Webster] 1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nature set in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bounty — boun·ty / bau̇n tē/ n pl boun·ties 1: generosity in bestowing gifts esp. by will 2: a reward, premium, or subsidy esp. offered by a government Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • Bounty —   [ baʊntɪ], Name des von Kapitän W. Bligh kommandierten britischen Schiffes, dessen Besatzung 1789 auf einer Fahrt in die Südsee meuterte. Die Geschichte dieser Meuterei diente u. a. Charles Bernard Nordhoff (* 1887, ✝ 1947) und James Norman… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Bounty — Bounty, The also HMS Bounty a British naval ship on which there was a famous ↑mutiny (=when the ordinary sailors take control of a ship by force) in the Pacific Ocean in 1789. The sailors, led by an officer called Fletcher Christian, took power… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • bounty — ► NOUN (pl. bounties) 1) a reward paid for killing or capturing someone. 2) historical a sum paid by the state to encourage trade. 3) chiefly historical a sum paid by the state to army or navy recruits on enlistment. 4) literary something given… …   English terms dictionary

  • Bounty [1] — Bounty (B. money, engl., spr. Baunti monni), Ausfuhrprämien, s.d …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bounty [2] — Bounty, Gruppe von 13 Eilanden im Australocean, östlich von Neu Seeland, ziemlich hoch, felsig u. wasserarm, dagegen sehr reich an Pelzrobben …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Bounty — (engl., spr. bauntĭ), Ausfuhrprämie …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • bounty — mid 13c., generosity, from O.Fr. bonte goodness (12c., Mod.Fr. bonté), from L. bonitatem (nom. bonitas) goodness, from bonus good (see BENE (Cf. bene )). Sense of gift bestowed by a sovereign or the state led to extended senses of gratuity to a… …   Etymology dictionary

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