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bountith (複数形 bountiths)

1. (Scotland, historical) A bonus payment made by an employer to a servant.
   • 1816, [Walter Scott], The Antiquary. [...] In Three Volumes, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, または III), Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, OCLC 226649000:

     "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?"