"reward" Definition

Definitions for the word "reward" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Regard; respect; consideration.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
1 a return or recompense for service or merit. B requital for good or evil. 2 sum offered for the detection of a criminal, restoration of lost property, etc. v. Give a reward to (a person) or for (a service etc.). [anglo-french reward(er) *regard]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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