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English noun: bounty | |||
| 1. | bounty (possession) payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military | ||
| Synonyms | premium | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reward | ||
| Domain category | administration, governance, governing, government, government activity | ||
| 2. | bounty (attribute) the property of copious abundance | ||
| Synonyms | amplitude, bountifulness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abundance, copiousness, teemingness | ||
| 3. | bounty (attribute) generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely | ||
| Synonyms | bounteousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | generosity, generousness | ||
| 4. | Bounty (artifact) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | H.M.S. Bounty | ||
| Instance hypernym | ship | ||
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