bounty
noun
a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government.
bounties
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pluralof bounty.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He never saw protection of domestic manufacturing as a long-term policy but rather insisted that “continuance of bounties on manufactures long established must almost always be of questionable policy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
It is unclear if lifting the bounties was a part of the negotiations.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
Come dinnertime at 5 p.m., its menu shifts to family-style meals, featuring a large seafood lineup with bounties from its live fish tanks.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
A lone fisher or group of happy fishers would go to the ocean, a river or lake, then haul in endless bounties of aquatic creatures.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2024
“And do they have our bounties, like, broken down on a price list?”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
