reward
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: Christianity
Etymology: From Middle English reward, rewarde, from Old French reward (“reward”) (compare Old French regard, whence modern French regard, and also English regard through Middle French), from rewarder (“to reward”) (compare Old French reguarder), from re- + warder (“to guard, keep”) (compare Old French guarder); the Anglo-Norman forms are derived from Old Northern French variants of Old French, ultimately of Germanic (Frankish) origin. Compare regard, warden, guard. See more below.
Mostly displaced Old English mēd, whence Modern English meed. Displaced Old English lēan and edlēan.
Inflected forms:
form: rewards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rewards
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rewarding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rewarded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rewarded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Something of value given in return for an act.
pos: noun
examples: For catching the thief, you'll get a nice reward.
gloss: A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
pos: noun
examples: The rewards for bringing in badly wanted criminals are printed on 'dead or alive' posters.
gloss: one's place in heaven; God's judgment in the afterlife; death
pos: noun
examples: And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with mee, to giue euery man according as his worke shall be.
Your daddy ever tell you how Uncle Mac come to his reward?
When I get my reward my work will all be done / And I will sit back in my chair between the Father and the Son / No more holes to fill and no more rocks to break / And no more loading boxes on the trucks for someone else to take
gloss: The result of an action, whether good or bad.
pos: noun
examples: Is this the reward I get for telling the truth: to be put in jail?
Christian Benteke's first-half goal was just reward for Villa's undoubted superiority but Bradford managed to survive without further damage until half-time, before scoring the goal that takes them to Wembley for the first time since 1996.
gloss: To give a reward to or for.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Why are you rewarding the child for misbehaving?
Why are you rewarding that bad behaviour?
gloss: To be a recompense for.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Decorations are meant to reward the most meritous acts and services.
The Italian opted for Bolton's Cahill alongside captain John Terry - and his decision was rewarded with a goal after only 13 minutes. Bulgaria gave a hint of defensive frailties to come when they failed to clear Young's corner, and when Gareth Barry found Cahill in the box he applied the finish past Nikolay Mihaylov.
gloss: To give (something) as a reward.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Thenne syr Marhaus departed and within two dayes his damoysel brought hym where as was a grete tornement that the lady de Vawse has cryed
[…]
 And there syr Marhaus dyd so nobly that he was renomed
 & had somtyme doune fourty knyghtes
 and soo the serklet of gold was rewarded hym
Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
Synonyms: acknowledgment
guerdon
meed
payback
recompense
reguerdon
remuneration
reward
Antonyms: penalty
Related words: compensation
award
Derived words: after-reward
a good deed is its own reward
antireward
extrinsic reward
intrinsic reward
just reward
reward card
rewardful
reward hacking
rewardless
reward system
superreward
virtue is its own reward
misreward
nonrewarded
overreward
overrewarded
rewardability
rewardable
rewardedly
rewardedness
rewardee
rewarder
rewarding
superrewarded
unrewarded
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