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bounty

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1. bounty - Noun

2. bounty - Verb

Meaning

Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth.

Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence.

That which is given generously or liberally.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value. Ben Elton

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God. William Blake

A BOUNTY on the exportation of corn tends to lower its price to the foreign consumer, but it has no permanent effect on its price in the home market. David Ricardo

Every story was being made up. My true friends weren't the ones speaking. It was people who never knew me, making up stories. Even my local paper put a $1,000 bounty out for information about my whereabouts. Marla Maples

A thrashing river is a fisherman's bounty. Bolivian Proverb

Beauty but bounty avails nought. Scottish Proverb

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