award vs bounty

award

noun
  • A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit. 

  • A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award. 

  • A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. 

  • The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. 

verb
  • To determine; to make or grant an award. 

  • To give (an award). 

  • To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case. 

  • To give (a person) an award. 

bounty

noun
  • A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance. 

  • Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity. 

  • A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government. 

  • An abundance or wealth. 

  • Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein. 

  • Something given liberally; a gift. 

verb
  • To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of. 

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