reward

[Re*ward·]

A reward is something you get for a job well done. If you study hard for that vocabulary test, an "A" might be the reward in your future.

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Regard; respect; consideration.

Noun
an act performed to strengthen approved behavior

Noun
benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"

Noun
the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property

Noun
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"

Noun
payment made in return for a service rendered

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Verb
strengthen and support with rewards; "Let''s reinforce good behavior"

Verb
act or give recompensation in recognition of someone''s behavior or actions

Verb
bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageus action"

v. t.
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.

n.
Regard; respect; consideration.

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.

n.
Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.

n.
Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.

Reward

Re*ward" , n. [See Reward, v., and cf. Regard, n.] 1. Regard; respect; consideration. [Obs.]

Take reward of thine own value.

2. 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.

Thou returnest From flight, seditious angel, to receive Thy merited reward.

Rewards and punishments do always presuppose something willingly done well or ill.

3. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.

The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward.

4. (Law) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act. Burrill. Syn. -- Recompense; compensation; remuneration; pay; requital; retribution; punishment.

Regard; respect; consideration.

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Usage Examples

A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.

America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.

As a reward for their efforts, however, those early Christians were beaten, stoned to death, thrown to the lions, tortured and crucified. Every conceivable method was used to stop them from talking.

An arts education helps build academic skills and increase academic performance, while also providing alternative opportunities to reward the skills of children who learn differently.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.

Faith is to believe what you do not see the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

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Other Usage Examples

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

Don't reward bad behavior. It is one of the first rules of parenting. During the financial cataclysm of 2008, we said it differently. When we bailed out banks that had created their own misfortune, we called it a 'moral hazard,' because the bailout absolved the bank's bad acts and created an incentive for it to make the same bad loans again.

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward.