bounty
/ˈbaʊntɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1- a monetary gift or reward in return for a service or action, in particular奖金, 赏金, 尤指：
1.1
- a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal（为捕杀人或动物而设的）悬赏金：
there was an increased bounty on his head.
拿到他人头的赏金又上涨了。
1.2
- historical a sum paid by the state to encourage trade〈史〉贸易津贴。
1.3
- chiefly historical a sum paid by the state to army or navy recruits on enlistment〈主史〉（发给陆军或海军新兵的）入伍津贴。
1.4
- poetic/ literary something given or occurring in generous amounts〈诗/文〉大量的事物：
the bounties of nature.
大自然丰富的物产。
1.5
- mass noun chiefly poetic/literary generosity〈主诗/文〉慷慨：
for millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty.
几千年来尼罗河沿岸的居民一直完全依靠这条河慷慨的恩赐为生。
词源
Middle English (denoting goodness or generosity)： from Old French bonte 'goodness', from Latin bonitas, from bonus 'good'. The sense 'monetary reward' dates from the early 18th cent.