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Definitions for Reward
[1] a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
[2] something given or received in return or recompense for service, merit, hardship, etc.
[3] to recompense or requite (a person or animal) for service, merit, achievement, etc.
[4] to make return for or requite (service, merit, etc.); recompense.
[5] something given or received in return for a deed or service rendered
[6] a sum of money offered, esp for help in finding a criminal or for the return of lost or stolen property
[7] profit or return
[8] something received in return for good or evil; deserts
[9] psychol any pleasant event that follows a response and therefore increases the likelihood of the response recurring in the future
[10] (tr) to give (something) to (someone), esp in gratitude for a service rendered; recompense
Words related to Reward
accolade, premium, bonus, compensation, award, honor, profit, benefit, bounty, dividend, punishment, remuneration, repay, compensate, guerdon, crown, merit, wages, comeuppance, tip
Words nearby Reward
revulsant, revulsed, revulsion, revulsive, rewa-rewa, reward, reward claim, rewarding, rewild, rewilding, rewin
Origin of Reward
1275–1325; (v.) Middle English rewarden orig., to regard < Old North French rewarder to look at, variant of Old French reguarder; (noun) Middle English: orig., regard < Anglo-French, Old North French, variant of Old French reguard, derivative of reguarder; see regard
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
re•ward′ v.
Word origin for Reward
C14: from Old Norman French rewarder to regard, from re- + warder to care for, guard, of Germanic origin; see ward
Synonyms for Reward
accolade, award, benefit, bonus, bounty, compensation, dividend, honor, premium, profit, punishment, remuneration, carrot, comeuppance, crown, cue, gain, garland, goodies, gravy, grease, guerdon, meed, merit, perks, plum, recompense, repayment, requital, retribution, return, salve, strokes, sweetener, tip, wages, feather in cap, fringe benefit, just deserts