Bounty (reward)

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A bounty (from bonte in Old French, and bonitas in Latin, meaning "good" or "goodness"; The current meaning dates from the early 18th century) is a sum of money or other thing given, usually by a government, to a person or persons in return for a service they did or are about to do to the public or to the giver of the bounty. People who make a living by pursuing bounties are called bounty hunter. Examples of bounties are the bounty system of New South Wales in Australia to promote immigrants to come to the state; the bounty system to increase enlistment during the American Civil War; and in modern times the bounty offered by the United States for the capture of Saddam Hussein.