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Meaning of REWARD

Pronunciation:  ri'word

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
  2. [n]  benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"
  3. [n]  the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
  4. [n]  a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"
  5. [n]  payment made in return for a service rendered
  6. [v]  strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior"
  7. [v]  act or give something in recognition of someone's behavior
  8. [v]  show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will"
  9. [v]  bestow a reward upon; "The boy scout was rewarded for his courageous action"
  10. [v]  bestow honor upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"
 
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 Synonyms: advantage, honor, honour, pay back, payoff, reinforce, reinforcement, remember, repay, wages
 
 Antonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, penalise, penalize, penalty, punish, shame
 
 See Also: act, aftermath, approval, approve, approving, award, benefit, bequeath, blessing, blood money, bounty, carrot, consequence, dignify, drink, ennoble, guerdon, honorarium, instruct, learn, leave, meed, move, O.K., offer, offering, okay, payment, pledge, premium, price, recognise, recognize, salute, sanction, teach, toast, wassail, welfare, will

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Re*ward"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rewarded}; p. pr. & vb.
    n. {Rewarding}.] [OF. rewarder, another form of regarder, of
    German origin. The original sense is, to look at, regard,
    hence, to regard as worthy, give a reward to. See {Ward},
    {Regard}.]
    To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a
    good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to
    compensate.
          After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward,
          Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord.  --Piers
                                                   Plowman.
          Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded
          thee evil.                               --1 Sam. xxiv.
                                                   17.
          I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will
          reward them that hate me.                --Deut. xxxii.
                                                   41.
          God rewards those that have made use of the single
          talent.                                  --Hammond.
    
  2. \Re*ward"\, n. [See {Reward}, v., and cf. {Regard}, n.]
    1. Regard; respect; consideration. [Obs.]
             Take reward of thine own value.       --Chaucer.
    2. That which is given in return for good or evil done or
       received; esp., that which is offered or given in return
       for some service or attainment, as for excellence in
       studies, for the return of something lost, etc.;
       recompense; requital.
             Thou returnest From flight, seditious angel, to
             receive Thy merited reward.           --Milton.
             Rewards and punishments do always presuppose
             something willingly done well or ill. --Hooker.
    3. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
             The dead know not anything, neither have they any
             more a reward.                        --Eccl. ix. 5.
    4. (Law) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of
       money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some
       act. --Burrill.
    Syn: Recompense; compensation; remuneration; pay; requital;
         retribution; punishment.
    
 
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