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[rɪˈwɔːd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement
(e.g: the holiday was a reward for 40 years' service with the company)
Phrases:
- go to one's reward
Origin
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Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French reguard ‘regard, heed’, also an early sense of the English word
[rɪˈwɔːd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- give something to (someone) in recognition of their services, efforts, or achievements
(e.g: the engineer who supervised the work was rewarded with the MBE)
Phrases:
- go to one's reward
Origin
:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French reguard ‘regard, heed’, also an early sense of the English word
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