Definition/Meaning of reward

• English - Noun: reward (plural rewards) Something of value given in return for an act. For catching the thief, you'll get a nice reward . A prize promised for a certain deed or catch The rewards for bringing in badly wanted criminals are printed on 'dead or alive' posters. (with possessive pronoun) one's place in heaven ; God's judgment in the afterlife; death 2007, No Country for Old Men by Joel and Ethen Coen…
• English - Verb: reward (third-person singular simple present rewards, present participle rewarding, simple past and past participle rewarded) (transitive) To give a reward to or for. Why are you rewarding that bad behaviour? Why are you rewarding the child for misbehaving? (transitive) To be a recompense for. Decorations are meant to reward the most meritous acts and services. 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty,…
• English - External links: reward in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913 reward in The Century Dictionary , The Century Co ., New York , 1911
• English - Anagrams: drawer redraw warder warred
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English reward , rewarde , from Old French reward (“reward”) (compare Old French regard , whence modern French regard, and also English regard through Middle French), from rewarder (“to reward”) (compare Old French reguarder ), from re- + warder (“to guard, keep”) (compare Old French guarder); the Anglo-Norman forms are derived from Old Northern French variants of Old…