reward
noun
[ rɪˈwɔːd ]
• a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.
• "the holiday was a reward for 40 years' service with the company"
Similar:
recompense,
prize,
prize money,
winnings,
purse,
award,
honour,
decoration,
profit,
advantage,
benefit,
bonus,
plus,
premium,
bounty,
price,
present,
gift,
tip,
gratuity,
inducement,
carrot,
payment,
consideration,
return,
requital,
pay-off,
cut,
perk,
perquisite,
guerdon,
meed,
reward
verb
• give something to (someone) in recognition of their services, efforts, or achievements.
• "the engineer who supervised the work was rewarded with the MBE"
Similar:
recompense,
pay,
remunerate,
give a bounty to,
give a present to,
tip,
honour,
decorate,
give an award to,
recognize,
requite,
guerdon,
Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French reguard ‘regard, heed’, also an early sense of the English word.
