bounty

  • 101Bounty Islands — ▪ islands, New Zealand       outlying island group of New Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean, 415 mi (668 km) east of South Island. Comprising 13 granite islets with a total land area of 320 ac (130 ha), they are inhospitable and without human… …

    Universalium

  • 102Bounty, HMS — Buque de transporte armado británico recordado por el motín de su tripulación el 18 de abril de 1789. Al mando del capitán William Bligh, zarpó hacia Tahití; recogió una carga de árboles del pan y navegó de regreso con rumbo a Jamaica hasta las… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 103bounty killer — boun·ty kil·ler loc.s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} nei western, cacciatore di taglie {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1965. ETIMO: comp. di bounty 1taglia e killer killer …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 104bounty bar — n British a black person who apes white manner isms or collaborates with white society, an Uncle Tom . Bounty bar, derived from the trademark name of a type of confec tionery, like the synonym coconut, implies that such people are dark (like the… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 105bounty hunter — boun′ty hunt er n. a person who hunts outlaws or wild animals for the bounty offered for capturing or killing them • Etymology: 1955–60 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 106bounty emigrant — /ˈbaʊnti ɛməgrənt/ (say bowntee emuhgruhnt) noun a person who was assisted to emigrate to Australia from England under the bounty system …

  • 107bounty hunter — /ˈbaʊnti hʌntə/ (say bowntee huntuh) noun Chiefly US someone who hunts predatory animals, criminals, etc., for the reward or bounty offered for capturing or killing them …

  • 108bounty system — /ˈbaʊnti sɪstəm/ (say bowntee sistuhm) noun Australian History a system in which money was granted as a bounty by the governor of a colony to a settler who assisted in the immigration of a skilled person to the colony …

  • 109bounty lands — Portions of the public domain given or donated as a bounty for services rendered, chiefly for military service …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 110bounty lands — Portions of the public domain given or donated as a bounty for services rendered, chiefly for military service …

    Black's law dictionary