BOUNTY -
n. (pl. -ies)
1 liberality; generosity.
2 a gift or reward, made usu. by the
State,
esp.: a a sum paid for a valiant act. b a sum paid to encourage a trading enterprise etc. c a sum paid to army or navy recruits on enlistment.
bounty-hunter a person who pursues a criminal or seeks an achievement for the sake of the reward. King's (or Queen's) bounty hist. a grant made to a mother of triplets. [ME f. OF bont÷ f. L bonitas -tatis f. bonus good]
