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reward

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈwɔːd/

The English word “reward” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Something of value given in return for an act.
  2. A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
  3. one's place in heaven; God's judgment in the afterlife; death
  4. The result of an action, whether good or bad.

verb

  1. To give a reward to or for.
  2. To be a recompense for.
  3. To give (something) as a reward.

Etymology

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…

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