bounty
n pl , -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 a bounty of 20p for every rat killed (C13 (in the sense: goodness): from Old French bontet, from Latin bonitas goodness, from bonus good)
Bounty
n a British naval ship commanded by Captain William Bligh, which was on a scientific voyage in 1789 between Tahiti and the West Indies when her crew mutinied
Queen Anne's Bounty
n (Church of England)
1 a fund formed by Queen Anne in 1704 for the augmentation of the livings of the poorer Anglican clergy. In 1948 the administrators of the fund were replaced by the Church Commissioners for England
2 the office or board administering this fund
Diccionario Inglés definición
Bounty n a British naval ship commanded by Captain William Bligh, which was on a scientific voyage in 1789 between Tahiti and the West Indies when her crew mutinied
bounty
n pl , -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
a bounty of 20p for every rat killed
(C13 (in the sense: goodness): from Old French bontet, from Latin bonitas goodness, from bonus good)
Queen Anne's Bounty
n (Church of England)
1 a fund formed by Queen Anne in 1704 for the augmentation of the livings of the poorer Anglican clergy. In 1948 the administrators of the fund were replaced by the Church Commissioners for England
2 the office or board administering this fund
Diccionario Inglés definición
bounty
1 almsgiving, assistance, beneficence, benevolence, charity, generosity, kindness, largesse or largess, liberality, open-handedness, philanthropy
2 bonus, donation, gift, grant, gratuity, largesse or largess, meed (archaic) premium, present, recompense, reward
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