After-reward
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A reward that follows or which comes after
"The Christian acted distinctly for a selfish end — “pro remedio minus,” the heathen may often have acted (as M. Allard unfairly assumes that he always did) from vanity or caprice, but he surely sometimes acted from a sense of right without hope of afterreward."
Example
More examples"The Christian acted distinctly for a selfish end — “pro remedio minus,” the heathen may often have acted (as M. Allard unfairly assumes that he always did) from vanity or caprice, but he surely sometimes acted from a sense of right without hope of afterreward."
Etymology
From Middle English after-reward, equivalent to after- + reward.
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