<p>The <a href="http://stats.stackexchange.com/help/bounty">bounty system</a> is a way for users with over 75 reputation to provide a 50 to 500 rep incentive to answer a question that's at least 2 days old. </p>

<p>Bounties expire after seven days. After a bounty expires, there is an additional 24 hour window for the bounty to be awarded so that late answers may be considered. If it remains unawarded and one or more answers posted during the bounty period have a score of 2 or more, half the bounty will be automatically awarded to the one with the highest score.</p>

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<li><a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work">How does the bounty system work?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3330/why-cant-i-just-offer-a-bounty-for-a-question-right-off-the-bat">Why can&#39;t I just offer a bounty for a question right off the bat?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/76374/does-loss-of-reputation-cause-loss-of-privileges">Does loss of reputation cause loss of privileges?</a></li>
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<p><sub>Reference: excerpt and wiki imported from the main <a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/bounty/info">Meta SE</a> site.</sub></p>
