award
verb (used with object)
to give as due or merited; assign or bestow.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Rather than presenting a guide to very old German breweries ranked by oldness, I am awarding each brewery 0 to 10 points in each of three adjudicative categories: age, style, and flavor.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2014