BOUNTY

Bounty

A bounty is a payment or reward often offered by a group as an incentive for the accomplishment of a task by someone usually not associated with the group. Bounties are most commonly issued for the capture or retrieval of a person or object. They are typically in the form of money. By definition bounties can be retracted at any time by whomever issued them. Two modern examples of bounties are the bounty placed for the capture of Saddam Hussein and his sons by the United States and Microsoft's bounty for computer virus creators. Those who make a living by pursuing bounties are known as bounty hunters.

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bounty

Noun

  1. generosity
  2. something given liberally
  3. A reward for some specific act, especially one given by a government or authority
  4. formerly, money paid to volunteers for serving in the British navy in time of war


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