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bountith

bountith noun: a bonus payment made by an employer to a servant.

Noun

bountith (plural bountiths)

  1. (Scotland, historical) A bonus payment made by an employer to a servant.
    • "Woman," reiterated the traveller, "do you think we can stand here all day till you have cheated that poor servant wench out of her half-year's fee and bountith?"1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and...

Forms of bountith

pluralbountiths
alternative formbounteth

Questions about bountith

What does bountith mean?
Bountith means a bonus payment made by an employer to a servant.
What part of speech is bountith?
Bountith is a noun.
What is the plural of bountith?
The plural of bountith is bountiths.

Words near bountith in the dictionary

  1. bountihead
  2. bountihood
  3. bountiless
  4. bountious
  5. bountiousness
  6. bountith
  7. bountiths
  8. bounty
  9. bounty hunter
  10. bounty hunters
  11. bounty jumper

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