award

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈwɔːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈwɔɹd/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d === Noun === award (plural awards) (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. (academia) Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit. (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === award (third-person singular simple present awards, present participle awarding, simple past and past participle awarded) (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award. Synonym: crown (transitive) To give (an award). Synonym: bestow (transitive) To give (a person) an award. (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case. Synonym: adjudge (transitive, British, education) (in an examination) To give marks for a correct answer. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “award”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “award”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Warda, adraw