Nobel Prize
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Nobel Prize/nəʊbelˈprʌɪz/
▶noun any of six international prizes awarded annually for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and the promotion of peace.
– origin named after the 19th-cent. Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel, who endowed the prizes.
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