Definition of BOUNTY

bounty

Plural: bounties

Noun

  • A generous gift, or a reward for capturing someone.
  • payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
  • the property of copious abundance
  • generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely
  • 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
  • Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
  • Something given liberally; a gift.
  • A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
  • A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
  • A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
  • A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
  • Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
  • An abundance or wealth.

Verb

  • To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of.

Examples

  • The Words With Friends board offered a BOUNTY of points for his seven-letter play.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English bounte (“goodness, virtue; beauty; strength; chivalry, valour; excellence; kindness, mercy; good deed; generosity”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman bounté and Old French bonté, bontet, bunté (modern French bonté (“goodness, kindness”)), from Latin bonitās.

Scrabble Score: 11

bounty: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bounty: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bounty: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

bounty: valid Words With Friends Word