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Bounty (reward)

A bounty flyer offering rewards on behalf of the "Anti-Taliban Forces" in Afghanistan

A bounty is a payment or reward of money to locate, capture or kill an outlaw or a wanted person. Two modern examples of bounties are the ones placed for the capture of Saddam Hussein and his sons by the United States government[1] and Microsoft's bounty for computer virus creators.[2] Those who make a living by pursuing bounties are known as bounty hunters.

Bounties have also been granted for other actions, such as exports under mercantilism.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Saddam bounty may go unclaimed". CNN. December 15, 2003. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
  2. ^ Sturgeon, Will (May 10, 2004). "Cheat Sheet: Microsoft's virus bounty". Tech Republic. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  3. ^ "Mercantilism | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
  4. ^ Elmslie, Bruce (2004). "Adam Smith's Analysis of Bounties as an Early Example of the Concept of Noneconomic Objectives". The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 63 (4): 899–910. doi:10.1111/j.1536-7150.2004.00322.x. ISSN 0002-9246. JSTOR 3488087.