Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty.
--Gower.
2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or
liberal giving; generosity; munificence.
My bounty is as boundless as the sea. --Shak.
3. That which is given generously or liberally. ``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 or manufactures.
{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.]
{Queen Anne's bounty} (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen
Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.
Syn: Munificence; generosity; beneficence.