award

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English awarden < Anglo-Norman awarder < Mediaeval Latin *exwardare < Latin ex (“‘out’”) + Mediaeval Latin wardare, guardare (“‘to observe, regard, guard’”); see ward, guard, regard.

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[edit] Noun

award (plural awards)

1. (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
2. (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
3. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition.
4. (obsolete) Care, keeping.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII:

     Than the kynge for grete favour made Tramtryste to be put in his doughtyrs awarde and kepying, because she was a noble surgeon.

5. (Australian) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry.

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to award (third-person singular simple present awards, present participle awarding, simple past and past participle awarded)

1. (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.
2. (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.

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• (make or grant an award): crown

[edit] Derived terms

• awardee
• awarder

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[edit] External links

• award in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• award in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911