[ˈbaʊnti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal
(e.g: there was an increased bounty on his head)

- a sum paid by the state to encourage trade
(e.g: bounties were paid to colonial producers of indigo dye)

- something given or occurring in generous amounts
(e.g: the bounties of nature)


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Origin:
Middle English (denoting goodness or generosity): from Old French bonte ‘goodness’, from Latin bonitas, from bonus ‘good’. The sense ‘monetary reward’ dates from the early 18th century

[ˈbaʊnti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a ship of the British navy on which in 1789 part of the crew, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied against their commander, William Bligh, and set him adrift in an open boat with eighteen crewmen


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