rewarding
Americanadjective
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affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.
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affording financial or material gain; profitable.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of rewarding
Explanation
Things that satisfy you or make you happy are rewarding. Even if you love to learn, the most rewarding part of going to school for many of us is making good friends. The word reward is obvious when you look at the adjective rewarding, and rewarding things do give you a kind of reward. Rather than cash for finding a neighbor's lost cat, though, the reward you get from something rewarding is pleasure or satisfaction. Watching a great movie is rewarding, and so is doing something kind for another person. You might even get lucky and have a rewarding career, or even a rewarding life.
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On the other hand, we can go back to Buffett for an example of how rewarding a steady buyback policy can be.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
The work is tough but rewarding because when you get to harvest and open the shell and see what you get, it’s a gift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
For Beverly being a foster carer with children's charity Barnardo's is challenging but rewarding.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Yet investors this week began rewarding those willing to tap the breaks on heavy debt issuance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
Hunting-gathering is not so rewarding in New Guinea as to remove the motivation to develop food production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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