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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•ward /əˈwɔrd/USA pronunciation v. - to give because of merit;
bestow: [~ + object]The panel awards the prizes.[~ + object + object]The Nobel Committee awarded him the prize money.[~ + object + to + object]The Committee awarded the literature prize to her. - to give (someone a sum of money) as the result of a court decision: [~ + object]The jury awarded damages.[~ + object + object]The jury awarded the plaintiff damages.[~ + object + to + object]The jury awarded damages to the plaintiff.
n. [countable] - something awarded, as a payment, medal, or judgment:received an award of a fellowship.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•ward (ə wôrd′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to give as due or merited;
assign or bestow:to award prizes. - to bestow by judicial decree;
assign or appoint by deliberate judgment, as in arbitration:The plaintiff was awarded damages of $100,000.
n. - something awarded, as a payment or medal.
- Lawmaking
- a decision after consideration;
a judicial sentence. - the decision of arbitrators on a matter submitted to them.
- Anglo-French, derivative of awarder
- Anglo-French awarder, equivalent. to a- a-4 + warder Gmc; compare Old English weardian to guard, ward; (noun, nominal) Middle English
- (verb, verbal) Middle English awarden 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: award /əˈwɔːd/ vb (transitive)- to give (something due), esp as a reward for merit: to award prizes
- to declare to be entitled, as by decision of a court of law or an arbitrator
n - something awarded, such as a prize or medal
- (in Australia and New Zealand) the amount of an award wage (esp in the phrase above award)
- the decision of an arbitrator
- a grant made by a court of law, esp of damages in a civil action
Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Old Northern French eswarder to decide after investigation, from es- ex-1 + warder to observe; see wardaˈwarder n |