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bountiths

bountiths is the plural of bountith.

Meaning of bountith

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...

Questions about bountiths

What is bountiths the plural of?
Bountiths is the plural of bountith.

Words near bountiths in the dictionary

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

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