reward
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Middle English reward (noun), rewarden (verb) from Anglo-Norman reward (noun), rewarder (verb) from Old Norman reward (noun), rewarder (verb) "to take notice of" from Old French reguard "regard" (noun), reguarder "to regard" (verb) from re- + guarder, of Germanic origin, from Frankish wardōn "to keep, guard" from Proto-Germanic *wardōn (“‘to guard’”) from Proto-Indo-European *(e)werwǝ-, wrū- (“‘to cover, guard’”). More at ward. Displaced native Middle English lean "reward" (from Old English lēan "reward"), Middle English mede, meed "reward, meed" (from Old English mēd "reward, meed, recompense"), Middle English schipe, schepe "reward, wage" (from Old English scipe "wages, payment, reward").
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reward (plural rewards)
- Something of value given in return for an act.
- For catching the thief, you'll get a nice reward.
- A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
- The rewards for bringing in badly wanted criminals are printed on 'dead or alive' posters
- The result of an action, whether good or bad.
- Is this the reward I get for telling the truth: to be put in jail?
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- (something of value given in return for an act): payment, recompense
- (prize promised for a certain deed or catch): bounty
- (result of an action): consequence
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to reward (third-person singular simple present rewards, present participle rewarding, simple past and past participle rewarded)
- (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) as a reward.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
- And there syr Marhaus dyd so nobly that he was renomed, & had somtyme doune fourty knyghtes, and soo the serklet of gold was rewarded hym.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book IV:
- (transitive) To give a reward to or for.
- Why are you rewarding the child for misbehaving?
- (transitive) To recompense.
- Decorations are meant to reward the most meritous acts and services
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- reward in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- reward in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
