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bounty
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payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military
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Other meanings
2. noun
the property of copious abundance
3. noun
generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely
4. noun
a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat
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