a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
something given or received in return or recompense for service, merit, hardship, etc.
verb (used with object)
to recompense or requite (a person or animal) for service, merit, achievement, etc.
to make return for or requite (service, merit, etc.); recompense.
Origin of reward
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English (verb) rewarden originally, “to regard,” from Old North French rewarder “to look at,” variant of Old French reguarder; see origin at regard
2. Reward,prize,recompense imply something given in return for good. A reward is something given or done in return for good (or, more rarely, evil) received; it may refer to something abstract or concrete: a $50 reward; Virtue is its own reward.Prize refers to something concrete offered as a reward of merit, or to be contested for and given to the winner: to win a prize for an essay. A recompense is something given or done, whether as reward or punishment, for acts performed, services rendered, etc.; or it may be something given in compensation for loss or injury suffered, etc.: Renown was his principal recompense for years of hard work.
re·ward·less,adjectivemis·re·ward,verb (used with object)o·ver·re·ward,verbsu·per·re·ward,verb (used with object),nounun·re·ward·a·ble,adjectiveun·re·ward·ed,adjectivewell-re·ward·ed,adjective
This is extremely difficult to pull off, but if you can do it—and teach other people to do it—the reward is tremendous.
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In this span of time, brands have had their quarterly digital marketing plans upended, but not without a unique opportunity to reap the rewards of an online shopping surge.
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Move by move, game by game, an algorithm combines experience and value function to learn which actions bring greater rewards and improves its play, until eventually, it becomes an uncanny Breakout player.
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They have shown that if you observe another person receive a reward, like food or money, your brain activity is the same as if you were the one receiving the reward.
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There are plenty of unethical business practices that can reap huge rewards if you get away with them, not least because few of your competitors dare use them.
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For instance, Best Buy has over 40 million members in its customer loyalty program, Reward Zone.
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Their reward: what is possibly the most infuriating series finale of the new millennium.
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Still images of each will be released today and a reward will be posted for information leading to their arrest.
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The $50,000 reward means a weapon was brandished to either the customers or the employees.
Post Office Robbers More Wanted Than ISIS|M.L. Nestel|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When it comes to setting up a reward, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service considers “$50,000 commonplace.”
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Then he paid some buksheesh (reward) to the night watchman and came home.
Indian Ghost Stories|S. Mukerji
And cannot I, as I have often said, reward her when I will by marriage?
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The Minor Poems, not hitherto collected, will reward critical perusal.
The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 1 of 2.|John Davies
The few who braved the rain and stood their ground watching the soldiers, had their reward later on.
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They reaped in love and praise the reward that their impoverished constituency could not pay them in money.
A History of American Literature|Percy H. Boynton
British Dictionary definitions for reward
reward
/ (rɪˈwɔːd) /
noun
something given or received in return for a deed or service rendered
a sum of money offered, esp for help in finding a criminal or for the return of lost or stolen property
profit or return
something received in return for good or evil; deserts
psycholany pleasant event that follows a response and therefore increases the likelihood of the response recurring in the future
verb
(tr)to give (something) to (someone), esp in gratitude for a service rendered; recompense