
bounty
n 1: payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts
such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals
or enlisting in the military [syn: {premium}]
2: the property of copious abundance [syn: {amplitude}, {bountifulness}]
3: generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely [syn: {bounteousness}]
4: a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew
mutineed against their commander William Bligh and set him
afloat in an open boat [syn: {H.M.S. Bounty}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0