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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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| 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. |
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Reward
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.Reward
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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Language Translation for : reward
Spanish:
recompensa,
German:
die Belohnung,
Japanese:
報酬
reward (n.)
c.1300, "a regarding, heeding, observation," from O.N.Fr. reward, variant of O.Fr. reguard (see regard). Meaning "repayment for some service" is from c.1350. The verb is attested from c.1315, from O.N.Fr. rewarder, variant of O.Fr. regarder "regard, watch over," from re-, intensive prefix, + garder "look, heed, watch" (see guard). Originally any form of requital.
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Main Entry: 1re·ward
Pronunciation: ri-'wo(&)rd
Function: transitive verb
: to give a reward to or for
Main Entry: 2reward
Function: noun
: a stimulus administered to an organism following a correct or desired response that increases the probability ofoccurrence of the response
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reward re·ward (rĭ-wôrd')
n.
The return for the performance of a behavior that is desired; a positive reinforcement.
re·ward' v.
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