reward
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reward/rɪˈwɔːd/
▶noun a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.
■ a fair return for good or bad behaviour.
■ a sum offered for the detection of a criminal, the restoration of lost property, etc.
▶verb give a reward to.■ show one's appreciation of (an action or quality) by making a gift.
■ (be rewarded) receive what one deserves.
– phrases
go to one's reward euphemistic die.
go to one's reward euphemistic die.
– derivatives
rewardless adjective.
rewardless adjective.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., var. of OFr. reguard ‘regard, heed’, also an early sense of the Engl. word.
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