bounty

n. வண்மை, பணிவள ஊதியம், காலாட்படை-கப்பற்படையினர்க்கு அளிக்கும் பணிக்கொடை, ஊக்க ஊதியம், வணிக முயற்சியை ஊக்குவிப்பதற்கு வணிகர்களுக்கு அளிக்கப்படும் தொகை.

Synonyms

liberality bounteousness benevolence munificence donation gift generosity charity benignity

Antonyms

illiberality closeness hardy churlishness stinginess niggardliness

Boun"ty, n.; pl. Bounties. Etym: [OE. bounte goodness, kindness, F. bonté, fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for older duonus; cf. Skr. duvas honor, respect.] 1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. [Obs.] Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty. Gower. 2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence. My bounty is as boundless as the sea. Shak. 3. That which is given generously or liberally. "Thy morning bounties." Cowper. 4. 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. Bounty jumper, one who, during the latter part of the Civil War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. [Collog.] -- Queen Anne's bounty (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings. Syn. -- Munificence; generosity; beneficence.

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