bounty

Meaning

Noun

• Generosity; also an act of generosity.
• Something given liberally; a gift.
• A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
• An abundance or wealth.

Origin

• From Middle English bounte, borrowed from Anglo-Norman bounté and Old French bonté, bontet, bunté (modern French bonté), from Latin bonitātem, accusative singular of bonitās, from bonus (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dew-) + -itās (variant of -tās).