bounty
(Literary)
[noun]
Synonyms:
- generosity, benevolence, charity, kindness, largesse or largess, liberality, philanthropy
- reward, bonus, gift, present

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I. Bounty trademark
a kind of chocolate bar containing coconut, sold in the UK

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II. 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 from Captain William Bligh, and made him leave in a small boat. There have been many books and films about this story, including the film Mutiny on the Bounty.

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boun‧ty /ˈbaʊnti/ noun (plural bounties)
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: bonté 'goodness', from Latin bonitas, from bonus; ⇒ bonus]

1. [countable] an amount of money that is given to someone by the government as a reward for doing something, especially catching or killing a criminal
bounty on
a notorious cattle rustler with a bounty on his head

2. [uncountable] literary food or wealth that is provided in large amounts:
People came from all over the world to enjoy America’s bounty.

3. [uncountable] literary the quality of being generous

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