1. (

• bounty ,
• premium ,

) payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military ;

2. (

• amplitude ,
• bountifulness ,
• bounty ,

) the property of copious abundance ;

3. (

• bounty ,
• bounteousness

) generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely ;

4. (

• Bounty ,
• H.M.S._Bounty

) 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 ;