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re⋅ward

  [ri-wawrd]
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–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

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.
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re·ward   (rĭ-wôrd')   
n.  

  1. Something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts.

  2. Money offered or given for some special service, such as the return of a lost article or the capture of a criminal.

  3. A satisfying return or result; profit.

  4. Psychology The return for performance of a desired behavior; positive reinforcement.

tr.v.   re·ward·ed, re·ward·ing, re·wards

  1. To give a reward to or for.

  2. To satisfy or gratify; recompense.


[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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Medical Dictionary

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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