Bounty
['baʊntɪ] or ['baʊnti]
Definition
(noun.) 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.
(noun.) generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely.
(noun.) payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military.
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Definition
(n.) Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth.
(n.) Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence.
(n.) That which is given generously or liberally.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Liberality, munificence, beneficence, generosity.[2]. Present, gift, benefaction.[3]. Premium (for encouragement), reward.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Liberality, bounteousness, benevolence, munificence, donation, gift,generosity, charity, benignity
ANT:Illiberality, closeness, hardy, {[ess]?}, churlishness, stinginess,niggardliness
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Definition
n. liberality in bestowing gifts: the gift bestowed: money offered as an inducement to enter the army or as a premium to encourage any branch of industry.—adjs. Boun′teous Boun′tiful liberal in giving: generous.—advs. Boun′teously Boun′tifully.—ns. Boun′teousness Boun′tifulness; Boun′tihood.—Lady Bountiful a character in Farquhar's Beaux' Stratagem now used for the great lady of any district.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The liberality of one who has much in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can.
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Examples
- Upon every barrel of herrings exported, there is, besides, a bounty of 2s:8d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It does not, however, like the American bounty, extend to the importation of undressed flax. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Between thirty and forty years ago, before the establishment of the buss-bounty, 16s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The sixth Bounty of this kind was that granted by 11th Geo. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Her seasonable bounty consoled many a poor family against the coming holiday, and supplied many a child with a new frock or bonnet for the occasion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But bounty and hospitality very seldom lead to extravagance; though vanity almost always does. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The bounty upon corn alone has sometimes cost the public, in one year, more than ?300,000. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is in this set of men, accordingly, that I have observed the greatest zeal for the continuance or renewal of the bounty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When the plantation indigo was worth three-fourths of the price of the best French indigo, it was, by this act, entitled to a bounty of 6d. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What is called a bounty, is sometimes no more than a drawback, and, consequently, is not liable to the same objections as what is properly a bounty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is altogether for the benefit of the producer, that bounties are granted upon the exportation of some of his productions. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The bounties upon the exportation of British made sail-cloth, and British made gunpowder, may, perhaps, both be vindicated upon this principle. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- During these eleven years, the tonnage bounties paid amounted to ?155,463:11s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The defalcation of the revenue of customs occasioned by bounties and drawbacks, of which a great part are obtained fraudulently, is very great. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Bounties have even been given upon the exportation of some of them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Bounties upon production, it has been said too, have been found by experience more liable to frauds than those upon exportation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In other respects, their effects, it must be acknowledged, are the same as those of bounties upon exportation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If bounties are as improper as I have endeavoured to prove them to be, the sooner they cease, and the lower they are, so much the better. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The first bounties of this kind were those granted about the beginning of the present century, upon the importation of naval stores from America. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Bounties are sometimes called premiums, as drawbacks are sometimes called bounties. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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