reward

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈwɔːd/, /ɹəˈwɔːd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/, /ɹəˈwɔɹd/, /ɹiˈwɔɹd/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d === 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 French, ultimately of Germanic (Frankish) origin. Compare regard, warden, guard. See more below. Mostly displaced Old English mēd, whence Modern English meed. Displaced Old English lēan and edlēan. ==== Noun ==== reward (plural rewards) Something of value given in return for an act. Synonyms: payment, recompense, tithing, meed Antonym: punishment A prize promised for a certain deed or catch Synonym: bounty (Christianity, 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: The result of an action, whether good or bad. Synonym: consequence ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English rewarden, from Anglo-Norman rewarder (“to reward”), from re- + warder (“to guard, keep”), from Old Northern French [Term?], from Frankish *wardōn (“to guard, keep”), from Proto-Germanic *wardōną (“to guard, defend”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, shelter, defend, guard, shut”). Cognate with Old Saxon wardōn (“to guard, provide for, protect”), Old English weardian (“to guard”), Old High German wartēn (“to watch, keep, look after”). More at ward. Piecewise doublet of regard. Displaced Old English lēanian. In this sense, displaced Old English ġieldan, whence Modern English yield. ==== 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. (transitive) To be a recompense for. (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) as a reward. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== award ===== Translations ===== === Further reading === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Reward, sb.¹”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 620. James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Reward, sb.²”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 620, column 3. James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Reward, v.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 620–621. James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Rewa·rd, pa. pple.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 621, column 1. “reward”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “reward”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Warder, drawer, redraw, warder, warred