Boun'ty, n.

[Norm. Fr. bountée, O. Fr. bontéit, N. Fr. bonté, goodness, kindness, Pr. bontat, Lat. bonitas, from bonus, good.] 1. Goodness. [Obs.] Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty. Gower. 2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; generosity; munificence. My bounty is as boundless as the sea. Shak.

3. That which is given liberally; munificence. “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, manufactures, or commerce.

Queen Anne's bounty (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in her reign for augmenting poor clerical livings. Syn.—Munificence; generosity; beneficence; liberality; kindness.