<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.</li><li>something given or received in return or recompense for service, merit, hardship, etc.</li><li>Synonyms: bonus, premium, bounty, requital, remuneration, pay, desert</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to recompense or requite (a person or animal) for service, merit, achievement, etc.</li><li>Synonyms: remunerate, pay, compensate</li><li>to make return for or requite (service, merit, etc.); recompense</li></ul>