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Reward   /rɪwˈɔrd/  /riwˈɔrd/   Listen
Reward

noun
1.
A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing.  Synonyms: payoff, wages.  "Virtue is its own reward"
2.
Payment made in return for a service rendered.
3.
An act performed to strengthen approved behavior.  Synonym: reinforcement.
4.
The offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property.
5.
Benefit resulting from some event or action.  Synonym: advantage.  "Reaping the rewards of generosity"
verb
(past & past part. rewarded; pres. part. rewarding)
1.
Bestow honor or rewards upon.  Synonyms: honor, honour.  "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"
2.
Strengthen and support with rewards.  Synonym: reinforce.
3.
Act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions.  Synonyms: pay back, repay.





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"Reward" Quotes from Famous Books



... princess, counsellors, and the victors went to the palace. They were all happy. When they had taken their seats, the king spoke thus: "What shall we give the victor? As for me, even the whole kingdom is too small a reward for saving ...
— Filipino Popular Tales • Dean S. Fansler
... too big a hurry for the Eats, fellows; let's work and wait—and then how good the Reward ...
— "Say Fellows--" - Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues • Wade C. Smith
... if not moral, and therefore disgusts, or at any rate bores. On the other hand, "Beauty" is as bonne as she is belle; her only fault, that of overstaying her time, is the result of family affection, and her reward and the punishment of the wicked sisters are quite copy-book. But it is not for this part that we love what is perhaps the most engaging of all the tales. It is for Beauty's own charm, which is subtly conveyed; for the brisk and artistic "revolutions and discoveries"; above all, for the ...
— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 - From the Beginning to 1800 • George Saintsbury
... "Good-bye, my little one! I am leaving you with him, darling, because he loves you dearly. You will grow up and be a good, good girl to him always. Good-bye, my pet! My precious, my precious! You will reward him for all he has done for me. You are half of myself, dearest—the innocent half. Yes, you will wipe out your mother's sin. You will be all he thinks I am, but never have been. Farewell, my sweet Katherine, my ...
— The Manxman - A Novel - 1895 • Hall Caine
... Carleton was not in her accustomed place for the first time in nearly forty years. A month later she passed away, having already received the joy of her reward in the salvation of ...
— A Circuit Rider's Wife • Corra Harris


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