reward
a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
something given or received in return or recompense for service, merit, hardship, etc.
to recompense or requite (a person or animal) for service, merit, achievement, etc.
to make return for or requite (service, merit, etc.); recompense.
Origin of reward
1synonym study For reward
Other words for reward
Other words from reward
- re·ward·a·ble, adjective
- re·ward·a·ble·ness, noun
- re·ward·a·bly, adverb
- re·ward·er, noun
- re·ward·less, adjective
- mis·re·ward, verb (used with object)
- o·ver·re·ward, verb
- su·per·re·ward, verb (used with object), noun
- un·re·ward·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·ward·ed, adjective
- well-re·ward·ed, adjective
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How to use reward in a sentence
Your workplace may vary, but a dirty little secret many of us have had to learn the hard way in both the public and private sector is that reward is not always given in proportion to effort.
You deserve a work-life balance, even if you’re child-free in a pandemic | Karla Miller | November 12, 2020 | Washington PostEnd the reward system in which craziness, lying and authoritarian propaganda is the ticket to Republicans’ political success.
The election can’t be ‘stolen.’ But something worse is happening. | Jennifer Rubin | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostREWARDS FOR INFORMATIONCrime Solvers will pay a reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment.
The reward is the cards, and given the overwhelming response to the Facebook post, it’s likely his mailbox will be brimming with letters for weeks or months to come.
A teen with autism lost motivation for his walks to the post office. So strangers are sending cards to his P.O. Box. | Sydney Page | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s wildly challenging, requires a daily sense of urgency, but the reward is incredibly fulfilling.
Canned wine might have been primed for socializing in the era of social distancing | Rachel King | November 8, 2020 | Fortune
They are the publication of natural religion,--that God is a rewarder of virtuous actions, and punishes wicked deeds.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume II | John LordBut are all these mysteries more contradictory to reason than a God, the avenger and rewarder of the actions of men?
Good Sense | Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'HolbachNotwithstanding, I was resolved to have fortitude; thinking no lot or trial is too hard when kind Heaven is the rewarder.
Behold him as a speedie and royall rewarder of his followers.
A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of Zeale | Samuel WardMy marks and scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought His battles who will now be a rewarder.'
Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman. | W. Fletcher Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for reward
/ (rɪˈwɔːd) /
something given or received in return for a deed or service rendered
a sum of money offered, esp for help in finding a criminal or for the return of lost or stolen property
profit or return
something received in return for good or evil; deserts
psychol any pleasant event that follows a response and therefore increases the likelihood of the response recurring in the future
(tr) to give (something) to (someone), esp in gratitude for a service rendered; recompense
Origin of reward
1Derived forms of reward
- rewardable, adjective
- rewarder, noun
- rewardless, adjective
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