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Complete Definition of "reward"

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English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-reward.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɔː(r)d|-ɔː(r)d

Etymology
From Old North French reward, from OF. reguard (regard).

Noun
en-noun

  1. Something of value given in return for an act.

#: For catching the thief, you'll get a nice reward.

  1. The result of an action, whether good or bad.

#: Is this the reward I get for telling the truth: to be put in jail?

Synonyms
(something of value given in return for an act): payment, recompense
(result of an action): consequence

Translations
trans-top|something of value given in return for an act
Arabic: ARchar|مكافأة (mukāfa’a) f, ARchar|جزاء (jazā’) m
Chinese: 報酬, 报酬 (bàochóu)
Czech: odměna f
Dutch: t+|nl|beloning|f
Finnish: t-|fi|palkkio
French: récompense f
German: t-|de|Belohnung|f
Greek: t|el|ανταμοιβή|f|sc=Grek (antamoiví)
Hungarian: jutalom
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Italian: t-|it|ricompensa|f
Japanese: 報酬 (ほうしゅう, hōshū)
Korean: 보수 (bosu)
Portuguese: t+|pt|recompensa|f
Russian: награда (nagráda) f, вознаграждение (voznagražd'énije) n, премия (pr'émija) f
Spanish: t-|es|recompensa|f
Swedish: belöning c
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trans-top|result of an action
Czech: odměna f
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Russian: награда (nagráda) f
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trans-top|Translations to be categorised
ttbc|Chinese: 獎勵, 奖励 (jiǎnglì)
ttbc|Dutch: beloning f
ttbc|French: récompense f
ttbc|Italian: ricompensa f
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ttbc|Japanese: 報酬 (ほうしゅう, hōshū)
ttbc|Korean: 사례금 (saryegeum)
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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb

  1. To give a reward to.

#: Why are you rewarding the child for misbehaving?

Translations
trans-top|give a reward to
Czech: odměnit
Dutch: t-|nl|lonen
Finnish: t+|fi|palkita
Greek: αμείβω (amívo)
trans-mid
Portuguese: t+|pt|recompensar
Russian: награждать (nagraždát') impf, наградить (nagradít') pf; вознаграждать (voznagraždát') impf, вознаградить (voznagradít') pf
Spanish: t-|es|recompensar
Swedish: belöna
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Derived terms
rewarding

See also
award
bounty
punishment

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