reward
noun /rɪˈwɔːd/
/rɪˈwɔːrd/
Idioms - [countable, uncountable] a thing that you are given because you have done something good, worked hard, etc.
- a financial reward
- reward for something a reward for good behaviour
- reward for doing something You deserve a reward for being so helpful.
- Winning the match was just reward for the effort the team had made.
- They're playing the game more for the love of sport than for financial reward.
- The company is now reaping the rewards of their investments.
- Top corporate jobs are not without their rewards.
- The appointment was widely seen as a reward for his loyalty.
Extra Examples- Hard work usually brings its own rewards.
- It was a poor reward for years of devoted service.
- The look on her face when I told her was reward enough.
- Top athletes enjoy rich rewards.
- Victory brought glory as well as more tangible rewards.
- We are just starting to reap the rewards of careful long-term planning.
- You deserve a reward for all your efforts.
- a reward for hard work
- rewards for employees who do their jobs well
- At last we are getting the reward for our hard work.
- The reward for setting off early is seeing dawn break over the mountains.
- You should not bribe the child to work through material rewards.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- high
- huge
- …
- earn
- enjoy
- gain
- …
- system
- as a reward
- reward for
- reward enough
- reward and punishment
- be its own reward
- …
- [countable] an amount of money that is offered to somebody for helping the police to find a criminal or for finding something that is lost
- reward for something A £100 reward has been offered for the return of the necklace.
- Anyone wanting to claim the reward should contact the city police.
Extra Examples- The company has put up a reward of £25 000 for information.
- There is a reward for information leading to an arrest.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- huge
- large
- …
- offer
- put up
- give somebody
- …
- money
- reward for
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French reguard ‘regard, heed’, also an early sense of the English word.
Idioms
virtue is its own reward
- (saying) the reward for acting in a moral or correct way is the knowledge that you have done so, and you should not expect more than this, for example praise from other people or payment