consolation prize 
noun
A prize given to a competitor who just fails to win or who has come last: two hundred runners-up will get a consolation prize figurative I just turned 40 and received a trip to Aspen as a consolation prize...
- If the Commonwealth Games is a consolation prize after the disappointment of two failed Olympic bids, it is proving a valuable one.
- As a softheaded liberal, I even like the idea that our competitive culture has a built-in consolation prize.
- But an incredible consolation prize is waiting for a team next season.
- Cabinda
- cabinet
- cabinetmaker
- cabinetmaking
- cabinet minister
- cabinet photograph
- cabinet pudding
- cabinetry
- cabinet wine
- cabin fever
- cabin mate
- cable
- cable car
- cablegram
- cable-knit
- cable-laid
- cable modem
- cable moulding
- cable railway
- cable-ready
- cable release
- cable-stayed bridge
- cable stitch
- cable television
- cable tier