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Another word for reward

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Noun

  1. Something given in return for a service or accomplishment

      1. Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a contest or competition.
      2. Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession.
      3. Offered or given as a prize:
      1. An amount paid or required, often as an installment payment, for an insurance policy.
      2. An amount paid to obtain a loan.
      3. An interest payment, usually on a regular basis, on a loan.
      1. Any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Prunus of the rose family, especially the cultivated species P. domestica and P. salicina, bearing smooth-skinned, fleshy, edible fruit with a single stone.
      2. The fruit of any of these trees.
      3. Any of several trees bearing plumlike fruit.
      1. A payment given to a professional person for services for which fees are not legally or traditionally required.
      1. A reward; recompense.
      2. To reward.
      1. To grant as merited or due:
      2. To grant an amount or other benefit legally due:
      3. Something awarded or granted, as for merit.
      1. An expression of approval; praise.
      2. A special acknowledgment; an award.
      3. A ceremonial embrace, as of greeting or salutation.
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    reward

  2. Something justly deserved

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    reward

  3. A sum of money offered for a special service, such as the apprehension of a criminal

      1. Liberality in giving.
      2. Something given liberally.
      3. A reward, inducement, or payment, especially one given by a government for acts deemed beneficial to the state, such as killing predatory animals, growing certain crops, starting certain industries, or enlisting for military service.
      1. Something given or paid in addition to what is usual or expected.
      2. A sum of money or an equivalent given to an employee in addition to the employee's usual compensation.
      3. A sum of money in addition to salary that is given to a professional athlete for signing up with a team.
    See also:

    reward

    law

Verb

  1. To bestow a reward on

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    reward

  2. To give a satisfactory return to

      1. To make return for (something done or felt) in a similar or appropriate fashion:
      2. To avenge (an insult or wrongdoing).
      3. To respond to (another) or do something to or for (another) in return for that person's action or emotion:
      1. To pay back:
      2. To give back, either in return or in compensation:
      3. To make a return or compensation for:
      1. To pay (a person) a suitable equivalent in return for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; recompense.
      2. To compensate for; make payment for:
      1. To award compensation to:
      2. To award compensation for; make a return for:
      3. Amends made, as for damage or loss.
      1. To give money to in return for goods or services rendered:
      2. To give (money) in exchange for goods or services:
      3. To discharge or settle (a debt or obligation):
      1. To protect against damage, loss, or injury; insure.
      2. To make compensation to for damage, loss, or injury suffered.
      1. To offset; counterbalance.
      2. To make satisfactory payment or reparation to; recompense or reimburse:
      3. To stabilize the purchasing power of (a monetary unit) by changing the gold content in order to counterbalance price variations.
    See also:

    pay

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for reward

Noun

  1. Payment

    See also:

    pay

  2. A prize

      1. To grant as merited or due:
      2. To grant an amount or other benefit legally due:
      3. Something awarded or granted, as for merit.
      1. Something given or paid in addition to what is usual or expected.
      2. A sum of money or an equivalent given to an employee in addition to the employee's usual compensation.
      3. A sum of money in addition to salary that is given to a professional athlete for signing up with a team.
      1. An amount paid or required, often as an installment payment, for an insurance policy.
      2. An amount paid to obtain a loan.
      3. An interest payment, usually on a regular basis, on a loan.
    See also:

    prize

    prize

Verb
      1. To pay (a person) a suitable equivalent in return for goods provided, services rendered, or losses incurred; recompense.
      2. To compensate for; make payment for:
      1. To pay back:
      2. To give back, either in return or in compensation:
      3. To make a return or compensation for:
      1. To offset; counterbalance.
      2. To make satisfactory payment or reparation to; recompense or reimburse:
      3. To stabilize the purchasing power of (a monetary unit) by changing the gold content in order to counterbalance price variations.
    See also:

    pay

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Sentence Examples

  • There's a hefty reward out for her, too.

  • I can neither punish him if he does wrong nor reward him if he does right.

  • And believe me, they are reaping the reward of their betrayal of the Bourbon cause.

  • Do as I say, and he'll be your reward, an eternity with him.

  • Housing is a huge industry that will reward innovative products.

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