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rewarding

American  
[ri-wawr-ding] / rɪˈwɔr dɪŋ /

adjective

  1. affording satisfaction, valuable experience, or the like; worthwhile.

  2. affording financial or material gain; profitable.

rewarding British  
/ rɪˈwɔːdɪŋ /

adjective

  1. giving personal satisfaction; gratifying

    caring for the elderly is rewarding
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Other Word Forms

  • quasi-rewarding adjective
  • rewardingly adverb
  • unrewarding adjective

Etymology

Origin of rewarding

First recorded in 1690–1700; reward + -ing 2

Example Sentences

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“We had high-performing officials who worked this year’s championship games and the Super Bowl who were paid less for those games than what they were paid for a regular-season game. That certainly isn’t rewarding performance.”

From Los Angeles Times

He describes being a single parent as his "greatest challenge and the most rewarding phase" of his life.

From BBC

Regardless of the games that companies and analysts are playing, you’d think that investors would have caught on and stopped rewarding earnings beats.

From Barron's

It was deeply rewarding and made us exceedingly happy.

From The Wall Street Journal

A day’s work on a “no-budget” film is even less rewarding than she had imagined; she lasted all of two episodes on “The Traitors.”

From Los Angeles Times

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