different between bounty vs donation

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)

1. (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
2. (countable) Something given liberally; a gift.

   Synonyms: boon, gratuity
3. (countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
   1. (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.
   2. (military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
4. (countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth.

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References

Further reading

• bounty (reward) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bounty (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

For making donations to Wikimedia, see Wikimedia:fundraising.

English

Etymology

From Middle French donation, from Latin d?n?ti? (“a present”), from d?n? (“to give”), from d?num (“a gift”). Recorded in English since the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK), IPA^(key): /d???ne???n/
• (US) enPR: d?n?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /do??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

donation (plural donations)

1. A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
2. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.

   • After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.

Related terms

• donate

Translations

See also

• fundraising

Anagrams

• D'Antonio, Dantonio, nodation

Danish

Noun

donation c (singular definite donationen, plural indefinite donationer)

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Declension

Further reading

• “donation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Middle French donation, from Latin d?n?ti?nem, accusative singular of d?n?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

donation f (plural donations)

1. donation

Related terms

• don
• donner

Further reading

• “donation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin d?n?ti?nem, accusative singular of d?n?ti?.

Noun

donation f (plural donations)

1. donation

Descendants

• ? English: donation
• French: donation

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin d?n?ti?, attested from 1620.

Noun

donation c

1. donation

Declension

Related terms

• donera

References