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as in reward
something offered or given in return for a service performed
a bounty was offered for information leading to the capture of the criminal
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as in generosity
the quality or state of being generous
her bounty at Halloween was known throughout the neighborhood
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as in yield
the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time
the record-breaking bounty from this year's corn harvest
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Recent Examples of bounty
The spread includes an extensive buffet with fresh pastries, a bounty of fruit, hot items, and an omelet station.
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Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2025
But in those years, Shakespeare would produce a bounty of plays, sonnets and poems that have been studied, modernized, adapted, saturized and lionized for decades.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
An optimistic spin would be that De Bruyne would have ample opportunity to wrestle creative control of this side and enjoy a bounty of chances that the team otherwise wouldn’t create.
—Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
From the $330 giant Halloween skeleton to the $1,000 backyard playset, her O’Fallon, Missouri, home was already overflowing with Costco bounty.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
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Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2025
But in those years, Shakespeare would produce a bounty of plays, sonnets and poems that have been studied, modernized, adapted, saturized and lionized for decades.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
An optimistic spin would be that De Bruyne would have ample opportunity to wrestle creative control of this side and enjoy a bounty of chances that the team otherwise wouldn’t create.
—Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
From the $330 giant Halloween skeleton to the $1,000 backyard playset, her O’Fallon, Missouri, home was already overflowing with Costco bounty.
—Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bounty
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Best Buy Plus and Total members will get $20 bonus rewards for every $150 spent on select Nintendo games and hardware.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
28 Apr. 2025
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While that’s no laughing matter, Bilt Rewards founder and CEO Ankur Jain says his company’s new Neighborhood Comedy Series can ease the pain—through hilarity and by offering rewards for paying monthly rent.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Thank you all so much for your prayers, support, and generosity.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
4 May 2025
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That same year, István Hegedűs, a former politician who had served in parliament alongside Orbán, read an article in a pro-Fidesz newspaper which implied that only the Party’s generosity enabled C.E.U. to stay in Budapest.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The benchmark 10-year Chinese government bond yield was slightly down at 1.625%.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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This drove yields on the 10-year Treasury note from 4.01% on April 4 to 4.48% by April 11, causing bond prices to plummet and eroding their role as a hedge, before yields settled at 4.23% by April 28.—
Dan Irvine,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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But what makes the new Wiz HDMI Sync Box with TV Backlight intriguing is the price.—
Julian Chokkattu,
Wired News,
3 May 2025
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Since Trump took office, price hikes for food have accelerated and gas prices have stood essentially flat, federal government data shows.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
3 May 2025
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The benefit honored Wallis Annenberg and named Dominic Ng, chairman and CEO of East West Bank, the inaugural recipient of the Wallis Icon Award for his work in corporate philanthropy.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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If philanthropy is a part of your legacy, this is a win-win strategy.—
David Rae,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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BofA topped estimates for first-quarter profit as interest income grew and volatile markets helped its stock traders rake in a record haul.—
Saeed Azhar and Arasu Kannagi Basil,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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In May Logic would suggest that a small-market team like Milwaukee would be unlikely to afford the type of deal Adames would command on the open market and thus, be better served by trading him for a haul of young, controllable prospects.—
Andrew Wagner,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Officials said the gas station that sold the ticket will also take a $10,000 cash bonus for selling the winning ticket.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Prates also earned performance bonuses for each of his four knockouts.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Bounty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bounty. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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