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Definition of: bounty
(boun′tē) noun plural ·ties
1. Liberality in giving or bestowing; munificence.
2. Gifts or favors generously bestowed.
3. A grant or allowance from a government, as for fisheries, manufactures, exports, enlistment, etc.
4. A reward paid by a government to encourage the killing of predatory animals (formerly also of Indians). See synonyms under BENEVOLENCE, GIFT, SUBSIDY. [<OF bonté <L bonitas, -tatis goodness]
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