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bounties in British English

plural noun
bounty
 

bounty in British English

(ˈbaʊntɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ties
1. 
generosity in giving to others; liberality
2. 
a generous gift; something freely provided
3. 
a payment made by a government, as, formerly, to a sailor on enlisting or to a soldier after a campaign
4. 
any reward or premium
offering bounties of up to $200,000 for information
Word origin
C13 (in the sense: goodness): from Old French bontet, from Latin bonitās goodness, from bonus good

Examples of 'bounties' in a sentence
bounties

These bounties he distributes to the sickest and hungriest inmates.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
In-game money is paid as bounties for polluters.
canada.com (2008)
The answer, he argues, are cash bounties to encourage whistleblowers to come forward.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We have earned bounties totalling millions of dollars.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It isn't yet offering cash bounties, although that may well follow.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Charities and firms will also be offered bounties if they cure problem families.
The Sun (2011)
Bugcrowd charges customers a platform fee to operate the programme while passing on the full bounties.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Bounties were paid right across a banking sector whose incompetence threw thousands of innocents into jeopardy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
All these and more, being alien to the rural economy, had bounties on their heads and were targeted for extinction.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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