Meaning

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

noun the property of copious abundance

noun generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely

originFrom Middle English bounte (“goodness, virtue; beauty; strength; chivalry, valour; excellence; kindness, mercy; good deed; generosity”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman bounté and Old French bonté, bontet, bunté (modern French bonté (“goodness, kindness”)), from Latin bonitās.

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