bounty

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English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman bounté, Old French bonté (“goodness”) (French: bonté), from Latin bonitātem, accusative singular of bonitās (“goodness”), from bonus (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbaʊn.ti/, X-SAMPA: /"baUn.ti/
• Rhymes: -aʊnti

Noun

bounty (plural bounties)

1. generosity
2. something given liberally
3. A reward for some specific act, especially one given by a government or authority
4. (nautical) formerly, money paid to volunteers for serving in the British navy in time of war

Derived terms

• bounty hunter

Translations

generosity — see generosity

something given liberally

• French: don (fr) m
• German: Geschenk (de) n
• Italian: regalo (it) m, dono (it) m
• Norwegian: gave (no) m and f, presang (no) m

• Russian: подарок (ru) (podárok) m, дар (ru) (dar) m
• Swedish: gåva (sv) c, present (sv) c
• Turkish: hediye (tr)

reward

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賞金 (cmn), 赏金 (cmn) (shǎngjīn), 獎金 (cmn), 奖金 (cmn) (jiǎngjīn), 贈款 (cmn) (kāngkǎi), 赠款 (cmn) (zèngkuǎn)

• Finnish: palkkio (fi)
• French: prime (fr) f
• German: Prämie (de) f, Kopfgeld (de) n, Belohnung (de) f
• Greek: πριμοδότηση (el) (primodótisi) f
• Italian: premio (it) m, ricompensa (it) f, taglia (it) f

• Japanese: 奨励金 (ja) (しょうれいきん, shōreikin), 賞金 (ja) (しょうきん, shōkin)
• Norwegian: belønning (no) m and f, dusør (no) m
• Russian: вознаграждение (ru) (voznagraždénije) n, премия (ru) (prémija) f, награда (ru) (nagráda) f
• Spanish: recompensa (es) f
• Swedish: belöning (sv) n
• Turkish: armağan (tr)

pay to naval volunteers

• French: prime (fr) f

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• Korean: 특지