to reward
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1.3
- verb
- /rɪˈwɔrd/
:
premiar
- Our company will reward employees for their hard work with bonuses at the end of the year.
- reward effort
- reward good behavior
- reward students
Our world tends to reward that kind of thing.
- Our world tends to reward that kind of thing.
- I think we should reward people taking risks with us.
- It's, it's a case of malignant narcissism being rewarded in the church.
- But you're not rewarding along the way either.
- They which is a job for life, they get rewarded for publishing.
- But you need to reward them for trying, I suppose.
- God will ultimately reward us for that in heaven.
- And that's The thing is that we reward poor behaviour.
- Then maybe she'll reward me with a later bedtime.
- Just love seeing great work rewarded and this was a perfect example of that.
- He has two ways of rewarding them, plunder or land.
- So it was not just PvP, it was PvP rewarded systemically.
Examples
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I always reward my exercise with a treat.
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I'll make sure you're rewarded.
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But you need to reward them for trying, I suppose.
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I think we should reward people taking risks with us.
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Our world tends to reward that kind of thing.
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The idea was that the individual would be rewarded for good behavior.
Academic text (2011) -
Each time I successfully completed a lesson, she rewarded me with a holy card.
Fiction book (1991) -
Also, boys like to be individually rewarded for what they achieve.
Academic text (2008) -
So she just thanked him lavishly and was rewarded with a rare feline purr.
Fiction book (1990) -
Encouraged, he summoned another all-out effort and was rewarded with the shriek of metal dragging against metal.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
796
2.3
Show great respect to someone, often in public
228
1.5
To officially give a prize or money to someone for achievement
102
4.2
To give money to someone for loss, injury or unpaid work
89
2.7
To give something in return for help or kindness
69
6.8
To give someone a natural talent or quality
28
3.6
Give money to someone for work or help
17
2.4
To give praise or a reward to someone for something good they did
Antonyms
How Generous
Surface Forms
Etymology
To reward originally meant to give back or honour someone for what they did, with the idea of re- 'back' plus a sense of ward or care. So to reward someone now is to give them something (money, thanks, or a prize) because of their good action.