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- Dictionaryreward/rɪˈwɔːd/
noun
- 1. a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement: "the holiday was a reward for 40 years' service with the company" Similar
verb
- 1. give something to (someone) in recognition of their services, efforts, or achievements: "the engineer who supervised the work was rewarded with the MBE"
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something given in exchange for a useful idea, good behavior, excellent work, etc.: [ U ] Students hoped for more reward than an announcement in the school paper of their achievement. [ C ] The rewards (= benefits) of motherhood outweigh the difficulties.
The meaning of REWARD is to give a reward to or for. How to use reward in a sentence.
A reward is something you get for a job well done. If you study hard for that vocabulary test, an "A" might be the reward in your future. You can use reward as a verb, as when the mayor rewards a firefighter who saves a family from a terrible blaze, or as a noun, to talk about the actual payment or item that's given to the firefighter.
A reward is something given or done in return for good (or, more rarely, evil) received; it may refer to something abstract or concrete: a $50 reward; Virtue is its own reward. prize refers to something concrete offered as a reward of merit, or to be contested for and given to the winner: to win a prize for an essay.
noun. /rɪˈwɔːd/ /rɪˈwɔːrd/ Idioms. [countable, uncountable] a thing that you are given because you have done something good, worked hard, etc. a financial reward. reward for something a reward for good behaviour. reward for doing something You deserve a reward for being so helpful. Winning the match was just reward for the effort the team had made.
Reward, prize, recompense imply something given in return for good. A reward is something given or done in return for good (or, more rarely, evil) received; it may refer to something abstract or concrete: a $50 reward; Virtue is its own reward.
something good that you get or experience because you have worked hard, behaved well, etc: There'll be a reward for whoever finishes first. Fewer examples. The promotion was a fitting reward for all his hard work. The teacher offered rewards to encourage good behaviour.
reward. noun. /rɪˈwɔrd/. [countable, uncountable] a thing that you are given because you have done something good, worked hard, etc. a financial reward reward (for something/for doing something) a reward for good behavior You deserve a reward for being so helpful.
Definition of reward verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
: money or another kind of payment that is given or received for something that has been done or that is offered for something that might be done. [count] The contest offered a cash reward to the first person who could breed a blue rose. Hard work brings its own rewards.
