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bounty
English
Etymology
From Middle English bounte (“goodness, virtue; beauty; strength; chivalry, valour; excellence; kindness, mercy; good deed; generosity”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman bounté and Old French bonté, bontet, bunté (modern French bonté (“goodness, kindness”)), from Latin bonit?tem, accusative singular of bonit?s (“goodness; excellence; benevolence, kindness; friendly conduct; virtue”), from bonus (“good; honest; brave; noble; kind, pleasant”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favour, revere”)) + -it?s (variant of -t?s (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ba?nti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ba?n(t)i/
- Rhymes: -a?nti
- Hyphenation: boun?ty
Noun
bounty (countable and uncountable, plural bounties)
- (uncountable) Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
- Synonyms: liberality, munificence, bounteousness, (all uncountable; the last obsolete) bountihood
- Antonyms: frugality, parsimony, sparingness, (all uncountable) stinginess
- (countable) Something given liberally; a gift.
- Synonyms: boon, gratuity
- (countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
- (specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
- (military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
- (specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
- (countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth.
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References
Further reading
- bounty (reward) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bounty (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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annuity
English
Etymology
From French annuité, from Medieval Latin annuit?s, from Latin annuus (“annual”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n(j)u?ti/
Noun
annuity (plural annuities)
- (insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.
Derived terms
- annuitant
- annuitize
Related terms
- perpetuity
Translations
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