bounty

noun boun·ty \ ˈbau̇n-tē \

|Updated on: 9 Jun 2018

Examples: bounty in a Sentence

Definition of bounty

plural bounties

1 : something that is given generously

nature's bounty

2 : liberality in giving : generosity

3 : yield especially of a crop

this summer's bounty of tomatoes

4 : a reward, premium, or subsidy especially when offered or given by a government: such as

a : an extra allowance to induce entry into the armed services

b : a grant to encourage an industry

c : a payment to encourage the destruction of noxious animals

a bounty on coyotes

d : a payment for the capture of or assistance in the capture of an outlaw

had a bounty of $500 on his head

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Examples of bounty in a Sentence

summer's bounty of plump tomatoes
The cottage is filled with a bounty of fresh flowers.

Recent Examples of bounty from the Web

For mermaids who have everything, there's now something new to add to your bounty: a Little Mermaid brush collection.

— diana shi, Teen Vogue, "Spectrum Announces Collaboration With Disney's "The Little Mermaid"," 26 May 2018
Per its bug bounty program, T-Mobile awarded Stevenson $1,000 for the discovery.

— lily hay newman, WIRED, "Security News This Week: T-Mobile Web Portal Exposed 74 Million Accounts," 26 May 2018
The website flaw had to do with an unprotected API, which T-Mobile pulled offline a day after this bug was reported through its bug bounty program.

— ashley carman, The Verge, "An unsecured T-Mobile website made customer information available to anyone," 24 May 2018
Musk family’s favorite gadget is the Magic Bullet, which is an easy device that the kids can use to quickly make veggie and fruit smoothies from their garden bounty.

— joan salge blake, BostonGlobe.com, "Fruit and veggie gadgets that can change your life," 21 May 2018
Just maintain the climate in your greenhouse, and enjoy your bounty of herbs and veggies throughout the year.

— timothy dahl, Popular Mechanics, "How to Build a Greenhouse," 7 May 2018
Its bounty of oil, gas, and fisheries has made coastal landowners especially reluctant to relinquish their rights to property that goes underwater.

— christopher flavelle, Bloomberg.com, "The Fighting Has Begun Over Who Owns Land Drowned by Climate Change," 25 Apr. 2018
Philadelphia coach Brett Brown routinely has spent his media sessions the past week gushing about his bounty.

— ira winderman, Sun-Sentinel.com, "76ers proving to be the next big thing against Heat," 22 Apr. 2018
The development is critical to allowing the company to find markets abroad for its U.S. gas bounty as prices come under pressure domestically.

— sarah mcfarlane and bradley olson, WSJ, "Exxon, Qatar in Talks on U.S. Shale Deal," 11 Apr. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of bounty

Middle English bounte goodness, from Anglo-French bunté, bountee, from Latin bonitat-, bonitas, from bonus good, from Old Latin duenos; akin to Sanskrit duva reverence, favor

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First Known Use: 13th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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