reap
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
to gather or take (a crop, harvest, etc.).
to get as a return, recompense, or result: to reap large profits.
to reap a crop, harvest, etc.
Origin of reap
1Other words for reap
Other words from reap
- reap·a·ble, adjective
- un·reaped, adjective
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How to use reap in a sentence
Pay upfront marketing expenses, win market share, then reap the rewards.
Free money, big addictions: Inside the booming world of online sports betting | Brett Haensel | November 15, 2020 | FortuneInstead of reaping profits from consumers who have chosen to shop from home, retailers without online infrastructures have missed out on booming sales opportunities.
Four digital marketing strategies to prepare for a wild holiday season | Owen Loft | November 13, 2020 | Search Engine WatchBy telling employees that it’s OK to put their family first when need be, the organization reaps the commitment of its team members who put the mission and needs of clients first in all that they do.
These amounts are relatively small compared to the billions of dollars in revenue Facebook and Google reap each quarter.
Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs clash with Congress in pre-election showdown | Tony Romm, Rachel Lerman, Cat Zakrzewski, Heather Kelly, Elizabeth Dwoskin | October 28, 2020 | Washington PostMaybe something happens before you get to reap the five years of glorious retirement that we’re all banking on.
How to Stop Feeling Crushed for Time - Issue 92: Frontiers | Brian Gallagher | October 28, 2020 | Nautilus
This 16 percent, known as the “cut,” is colorless in nature, and it is “reaped” with a typical alcohol content of 69.8 percent.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters | | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLGBT people have reaped enormous rewards because of this widespread change of opinion.
Meet the Young, Evangelical, Pro-Gay Movement | Gene Robinson | September 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter all, the company—which employs 4,000 hand-picked employees—has reportedly reaped in revenue upwards of $160 million.
Some House members, too, reaped riches from lobbyist-bundlers.
Senate Democrats Snag Campaign Cash From Lobbyist-Bundlers | Michael Beckel | June 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShekau has taken Western hostages before and reportedly reaped major revenue.
They have now (I suppose) reaped the harvest thereof, except that of the trees they planted, which are not so prompt in bearing.
In those cases it was very rarely that their heirs touched a penny, and certainly the Government reaped no advantage.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperWe had before, as you have heard, reaped the largest booty I had ever got in that quarter, and I hoped to secure a like one again.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows TaylorWe held long discussions, from which I reaped great advantage, and real consolation.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoBoatmen and the amphibious harpies who prey upon the traveller reaped a copper and silver harvest of great weight.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard Russell
British Dictionary definitions for reap
/ (riːp) /
to cut or harvest (a crop), esp corn, from (a field or tract of land)
(tr) to gain or get (something) as a reward for or result of some action or enterprise
Origin of reap
1Derived forms of reap
- reapable, adjective
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