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- [ri-wawrd]
- /rɪˈwɔrd/
- /rɪˈwɔːd/
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- [ri-wawrd]
- /rɪˈwɔrd/
Definitions of reward word
- noun reward a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc. 1
- noun reward something given or received in return or recompense for service, merit, hardship, etc. 1
- verb with object reward to recompense or requite (a person or animal) for service, merit, achievement, etc. 1
- verb with object reward to make return for or requite (service, merit, etc.); recompense. 1
- noun reward something received in return for good or evil; deserts 1
- noun reward compensation 1
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Origin of reward
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
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
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Parts of speech for Reward
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
reward popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
reward usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for reward
noun reward
- accruement — the action of accruing
- acquisition — If a company or business person makes an acquisition, they buy another company or part of a company.
- amortization — the process of amortizing a debt
- annuity — An annuity is an investment or insurance policy that pays someone a fixed sum of money each year.
- baksheesh — money given as a tip, a present, or alms
verb reward
- ante up — If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
- award — An award is a prize or certificate that a person is given for doing something well.
- bribe — A bribe is a sum of money or something valuable that one person offers or gives to another in order to persuade him or her to do something.
- clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- comp — Comp is short for compensation.
Antonyms for reward
verb reward
- amerce — to punish by a fine
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- boned — having had the bones removed from it
- boning — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- call down — to request or invoke
noun reward
- amercement — to punish by imposing a fine not fixed by statute.
- castigation — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- chastisement — Chastisement is the same as punishment.
- constitutionality — In a particular political system, the constitutionality of a law or action is the fact that it is allowed by the constitution.
- discipline — training to act in accordance with rules; drill: military discipline.
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