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bounty

/ˈbaʊn(t)i/noun2 syllables

Bounty means: 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 boat.

Synonyms for bounty13

noun, as in 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 boat

HMS Bounty, H.M.S. Bounty

noun, as in the property of copious abundance

amplitude, bountifulness

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

premium

noun, as in (literary) generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely

bounteousness

also used for bounty

liberality, munificence, bountihood, boon, gratuity, put a bounty on someone's head, put a price on someone's head

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What does bounty mean?4

noun

1

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 boat

2

the property of copious abundance

3

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

4

(literary) generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bounty?1

two syllables

county
Show 18 near rhymes
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Bounty in a sentence

  • Today, that bounty is almost gone due mainly to many decades of over-fishing.Cangarejo
  • Gabriel was ready to collect the bounty on Walid.Amastan
  • She's fallen prey to a bounty hunter.unknown
  • Are you really a bounty hunter?CK
  • Yanni earned a bounty for his work.Amastan
  • Ziri met Walid, a bounty hunter.Amastan
  • Tom always dreamed of becoming a bounty hunter.CK
  • Tom thought that Mary would make a good bounty hunter.CK

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Forms of bounty

as a noun

plural
bounties