reward, reinforcement
(noun) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
advantage, reward
(noun) benefit resulting from some event or action; “it turned out to my advantage”; “reaping the rewards of generosity”
reward
(noun) the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
wages, reward, payoff
(noun) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; “the wages of sin is death”; “virtue is its own reward”
reward
(noun) payment made in return for a service rendered
reinforce, reward
(verb) strengthen and support with rewards; “Let’s reinforce good behavior”
reward, repay, pay back
(verb) act or give recompense in recognition of someone’s behavior or actions
honor, honour, reward
(verb) bestow honor or rewards upon; “Today we honor our soldiers”; “The scout was rewarded for courageous action”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
The result of an action, whether good or bad.
Synonym: consequence
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 recompense.
(obsolete, transitive) To give (something) as a reward.
• Warder, drawer, redraw, warder, warred
Source: Wiktionary
Re*ward", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rewarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Rewarding.] Etym: [OF. rewarder, another form of regarder, of German origin. The original sense is, to look at, regard, hence, to regard as worthy, give a reward to. See Ward, Regard.]
Definition: To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 1 Sam. xxiv. 17. I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. Deut. xxxii. 41. God rewards those that have made use of the single talent. Hammond.
Re*ward", n. Etym: [See Reward, v., and cf. Regard, n.]
1. Regard; respect; consideration. [Obs.] Take reward of thine own value. Chaucer.
2. That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital. Thou returnest From flight, seditious angel, to receive Thy merited reward. Milton. Rewards and punishments do always presuppose something willingly done well or ill. Hooker.
3. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works. The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward. Eccl. ix. 5.
4. (Law)
Definition: Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act. Burrill.
Syn.
– Recompense; compensation; remuneration; pay; requital; retribution; punishment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 March 2025
(noun) the two innermost layers of the meninges; cerebrospinal fluid circulates between these innermost layers
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
