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Reward
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- 1 Something of value given in return for an act.
"For catching the thief, you'll get a nice reward."
- 2 an act performed to strengthen approved behavior wordnet
- 3 A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
"The rewards for bringing in badly wanted criminals are printed on 'dead or alive' posters."
- 4 benefit resulting from some event or action wordnet
- 5 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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- 6 the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property wordnet
- 7 a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing wordnet
- 8 payment made in return for a service rendered wordnet
- 1 To give a reward to or for. transitive
"Why are you rewarding the child for misbehaving?"
- 2 strengthen and support with rewards wordnet
- 3 To be a recompense for. transitive
"Decorations are meant to reward the most meritous acts and services."
- 4 act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions wordnet
- 5 To give (something) as a reward. obsolete, transitive
"Thenne syr Marhaus departed and within two dayes his damoysel brought hym where as was a grete tornement that the lady de Vawse has cryed […] 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"
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- 6 bestow honor or rewards upon wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English reward, rewarde, from Old French reward (“reward”) (compare Old French regard, whence modern French regard, and also English regard through Middle French), from rewarder (“to reward”) (compare Old French reguarder), from re- + warder (“to guard, keep”) (compare Old French guarder); the Anglo-Norman forms are derived from Old Northern French variants of Old French, ultimately of Germanic (Frankish) origin. Compare regard, warden, guard. See more below. Mostly displaced Old English mēd, whence Modern English meed. Displaced Old English lēan and edlēan.
From Middle English rewarden, from Anglo-Norman rewarder (“to reward”), from re- + warder (“to guard, keep”), from Old Northern French [Term?], from Frankish *wardōn (“to guard, keep”), from Proto-Germanic *wardōną (“to guard, defend”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, shelter, defend, guard, shut”). Cognate with Old Saxon wardōn (“to guard, provide for, protect”), Old English weardian (“to guard”), Old High German wartēn (“to watch, keep, look after”). More at ward. Piecewise doublet of regard. Displaced Old English lēanian. In this sense, displaced Old English ġieldan, whence Modern English yield.
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