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Rewarding - 4 dictionary results
re⋅ward⋅ing
[ri-wawr-ding] 
–adjective
| 1. | affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile. |
| 2. | affording financial or material gain; profitable. |
re⋅ward
[ri-wawrd] –noun
| 1. | a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc. |
| 2. | something given or received in return or recompense for service, merit, hardship, etc. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to recompense or requite (a person or animal) for service, merit, achievement, etc. |
| 4. | to make return for or requite (service, merit, etc.); recompense. |
Origin:
1275–1325; (v.) ME rewarden orig., to regard < ONF rewarder to look at, var. of OF reguarder; (n.) ME: orig., regard < AF, ONF, var. of OF reguard, deriv. of reguarder; see regard
1275–1325; (v.) ME rewarden orig., to regard < ONF rewarder to look at, var. of OF reguarder; (n.) ME: orig., regard < AF, ONF, var. of OF reguard, deriv. of reguarder; see regard
Related forms:
re⋅ward⋅a⋅ble, adjective
re⋅ward⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
re⋅ward⋅a⋅bly, adverb
re⋅ward⋅er, noun
re⋅ward⋅less, adjective
Synonyms:
2. desert, pay, remuneration; requital; bounty, premium, bonus. Reward, prize, recompense imply something given in return for good. A reward is something given or done in return for good (or, more rarely, evil) received; it may refer to something abstract or concrete: a $50 reward; Virtue is its own reward. Prize refers to something concrete offered as a reward of merit, or to be contested for and given to the winner: to win a prize for an essay. A recompense is something given or done, whether as reward or punishment, for acts performed, services rendered, etc.; or it may be something given in compensation for loss or injury suffered, etc.: Renown was his principal recompense for years of hard work. 3. compensate, pay, remunerate.
2. desert, pay, remuneration; requital; bounty, premium, bonus. Reward, prize, recompense imply something given in return for good. A reward is something given or done in return for good (or, more rarely, evil) received; it may refer to something abstract or concrete: a $50 reward; Virtue is its own reward. Prize refers to something concrete offered as a reward of merit, or to be contested for and given to the winner: to win a prize for an essay. A recompense is something given or done, whether as reward or punishment, for acts performed, services rendered, etc.; or it may be something given in compensation for loss or injury suffered, etc.: Renown was his principal recompense for years of hard work. 3. compensate, pay, remunerate.
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Link To Rewarding
| re·ward (rĭ-wôrd') n.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from rewarder, to take notice of : re-, intensive pref. (from Latin; see re- + warder, to guard, watch over of Germanic origin; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots).] re·ward'a·ble adj., re·ward'er n. |
| re·ward·ing (rĭ-wôr'dĭng) adj.
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