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boun·ty    Audio Help   [boun-tee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ties.
1.a premium or reward, esp. one offered by a government: There was a bounty on his head. Some states offer a bounty for dead coyotes.
2.a generous gift.
3.generosity in giving.
[Origin: 1200–50; ME b(o)unte < AF, OF bonte, OF bontet < L bonitāt- (s. of bonitās) goodness. See boon2, -ity]

—Related forms
boun·ty·less, adjective

—Synonyms 1. See bonus. 2. present, benefaction. 3. munificence, liberality, charity, beneficence.
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Thesaurus Entries
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  reward
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  A sum of money offered for a special service, such as the apprehension of a criminal.
Synonyms:  bonus
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Bounty, British naval vessel, a 220-ton (200-metric-ton), 85-ft (26-m) cutter, commanded by William Bligh. She set sail for the Pacific in Dec., 1787, to transport breadfruit trees from the Society Islands to the West Indies. On Apr. 28, 1789, the ship's mate, Fletcher Christian, led a successful mutiny against Bligh. The captain and 18 of his crew were set adrift in the Bounty's 23-ft (7-m) open launch. By remarkable seamanship they went 3,618 mi (5,822 km) in 48 days, reached Timor in June, and proceeded to England. Some of the mutineers were later captured and court-martialed in England; three were executed. Other mutineers under Christian, along with Tahitian women, landed at Pitcairn Island, burned the Bounty, and founded a colony where all but one were subsequently murdered by their servants. The mutineers' descendants continue to live on the island, where the Bounty's remains were found in 1957.

See A. McKee, H.M.S. Bounty (1961); J. Barrow, The Mutiny of the Bounty (1989); S. McKinney, A True Account of Mutiny Aboard His Majesty's Ship Bounty (1989); C. Alexander, The Bounty (2003).

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