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Bounty (Noun)

The property of copious abundance.

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely.

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military.

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.

The government offered a bounty of $10,000 for information leading to the capture of the escaped convict.
The state paid a bounty to hunters who brought in the hides of wolves that had been attacking livestock.
During the war, the military offered a bounty to new recruits who enlisted for a certain number of years.
The city council approved a bounty for anyone who could provide information leading to the arrest of the serial vandal.
The rancher offered a bounty to anyone who could help him catch the coyotes that had been killing his sheep.

A ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat.

Nouns denoting man-made objects.