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Noun
bountith (plural bountiths)
- (Scotland, historical) A bonus payment made by an employer to a servant.
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 Brown, →OCLC:"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?"