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Reward   /rɪwˈɔrd/  /riwˈɔrd/   Listen
noun
Reward  n.  
1.
Regard; respect; consideration. (Obs.) "Take reward of thine own value."
2.
That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital. "Thou returnest From flight, seditious angel, to receive Thy merited reward." "Rewards and punishments do always presuppose something willingly done well or ill."
3.
Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works. "The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward."
4.
(Law) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.
Synonyms: Recompense; compensation; remuneration; pay; requital; retribution; punishment.



verb
Reward  v. t.  (past & past part. rewarded; pres. part. rewarding)  To give in return, whether good or evil; commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. "After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord." "Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil." "I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." "God rewards those that have made use of the single talent."






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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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