Meaning & Definition of Bounty in English

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

2. The property of copious abundance

3. Generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely

4. 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