rewardnoun [ C ]
uk/rɪˈwɔːd/us/rɪˈwɔːrd/B1 something given in exchange for good behaviour or good work, etc.:
There's a reward for whoever finishes first.
The rewards of motherhood outweigh the anguish.
B1 an amount of money given to someone who helps the police or who helps to return stolen property to its owner:
The police offered a reward for any information about the robbery.
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- Most police informers receive a reward for their information.
- We should share (in) the reward.
- In this business, the risks and the rewards are high.
- He received a reward for his part in the rescue.
- The rewards of teaching compensated for the poor salary.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Prizes, rewards and medals
- Academy Award
- award
- blue ribbon
- booby prize
- bronze
- bronze medal
- colour
- gong
- Grammy
- honor
- honorable
- honour
- honourable mention
- Pulitzer Prize
- Purple Heart
- quid pro quo
- ribbon
- rollover
- stake
- VC
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Gifts in the form of money
Detection & solving crimes
rewardverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈwɔːd/us/rɪˈwɔːrd/B2 to give someone a reward:
The company rewarded him for his years of service with a grand farewell party and several presents.
All his hard work was rewarded (= was made worth it) when he saw his book in print.
formal He rewarded their kindness with hostility and contempt.
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- He said if his results were good, he would reward him handsomely.
- The cake takes two hours to cook, but your patience will be richly rewarded.
- After a hard climb, we were rewarded by a picture-postcard vista of rolling hills under a deep blue summer sky.
- The school rewards pupils for good behaviour.
- The scheme is intended to reward customers for their loyalty.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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