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1. Oxford Dictionary

   bounty

   • IPA[ˈbaʊnti]

   英式

   • n.
     a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal；a sum paid by the state to encourage trade

   • noun: bounty, plural noun: bounties

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal there was an increased bounty on his head 同義詞 reward, prize, award, recompense, remuneration, ... 更多commission, consideration, premium, dividend, bonus, endowment, gratuity, tip, favour, donation, handout, incentive, inducement, purse, winnings, money, informalperk, sweetener, formalperquisite, rareguerdon, meed, lagniappe
   • 2. historical a sum paid by the state to encourage trade bounties were paid to colonial producers of indigo dye
   • ▪ a sum paid by the state to army or navy recruits on enlistment they do not qualify for their bounty because they have spent insufficient time at summer camp
   • 3. literary something given or occurring in generous amounts the bounties of nature
   • ▪ generosity for millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty 同義詞 generosity, magnanimity, munificence, open-handedness, free-handedness, ... 更多bountifulness, largesse, liberality, lavishness, indulgence, benevolence, beneficence, charity, charitableness, goodwill, big-heartedness, kindness, kindliness, compassion, care, blessings, favours, gifts, literarybounteousness, historicalalmsgiving反義詞 meanness