payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military

[ Syn: premium ]

the property of copious abundance

[ Syn: amplitude , bountifulness ]

generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely

[ Syn: bounteousness ]

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

[ Syn: bounty , h.m.s. bounty ]