Bounty

n.	1.
	1.	Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty. - Gower.
	2.	Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence. My bounty is as boundless as the sea. - Shak.
	3.	That which is given generously or liberally.
	4.	A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into the public service; or to encourage any branch of industry, as husbandry or manufactures. Bounty jumper one who, during the latter part of the Civil War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. Queen Anne's bounty (Eng. Hist.) a provision made in Queen Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.

Noun	1.	bounty - payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military Synonyms: premium
	2.	bounty - the property of copious abundance Synonyms: bountifulness, amplitude
	3.	bounty - generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely Synonyms: bounteousness
	4.	Bounty - a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutineed against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat Synonyms: H.M.S. Bounty

BOUNTY. A sum of money or other thing, given, generally by' the government, to certain persons, for some service they have done or are about to do to the public. As bounty upon the culture of silk; the bounty given to an enlisted soldier; and the like. It differs from a reward, which is generally applied to particular cases; and from a payment, as there is no contract on the part of the receiver of the bounty.

Trinkgeld, aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, annuity, assistance, beneficence, bigheartedness, bonus system, bounteousness, bountifulness, bribe, charitableness, charity, consideration, depletion allowance, dole, donative, double time, easy purse strings, endowment, fee, fellowship, financial assistance, free hand, freedom, freehandedness, freeheartedness, freeness, fringe benefit, generousness, givingness, goodness, graciousness, grant, grant-in-aid, gratuity, gravy, grease, great heart, greatheartedness, guaranteed annual income, help, honorarium, hospitality, incentive pay, inducement, lagniappe, largeheartedness, largeness, largess, largesse, liberality, liberalness, magnanimity, munificence, old-age insurance, open hand, open heart, openhandedness, openheartedness, overtime pay, palm oil, pecuniary aid, pension, perks, perquisite, perquisites, philanthropy, pourboire, premium, present, price support, public assistance, public welfare, relief, retirement benefits, salve, scholarship, solatium, something extra, sportula, stipend, subsidization, subsidy, subvention, support, sweetener, tax benefit, tip, unselfishness, welcome, welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments

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