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Definition of Bounty
Bounty

Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth.

Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence.

That which is given generously or liberally.

A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into the public service; or to encourage any branch of industry, as husbandry or manufactures.

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Bounty Quotations

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
Samuel Johnson

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Every story was being made up. My true friends weren't the ones speaking. It was people who never knew me, making up stories. Even my local paper put a $1,000 bounty out for information about my whereabouts.
Marla Maples

The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.
Ben Elton

I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty.
Richard O'Brien

Bounty Translations

bounty in German is Freigiebigkeit, Freigebigkeit, Spende
bounty in Latin is ubertas, abundantia
bounty in Spanish is liberalidad


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