bounty : Idioms & Phrases

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bounty hunter

  • noun someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered
  • noun a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty
WordNet

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.
Webster 1913

h.m.s. bounty

  • noun 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
    Bounty.
WordNet

Queen Anne's bounty

  • (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.
Webster 1913