reward

reward
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. reward, recompense, remuneration, meed, prize, guerdon; indemnity, indemnification; quittance; compensation, reparation, redress (see restoration); perquisite; spoils; salary, pay, payment; tribute, bonus, tip, premium, fee, honorarium, jackpot, payoff. —v. recompense, repay, requite, remunerate, compensate; enrich, indemnify, satisfy; pay off.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Payment]
Syn. compensation, remuneration, recompense; see pay 1 , 2 .
2. [A prize]
Syn. premium, bonus, award; see prize .
See Synonym Study at prize . v.
Syn. compensate, repay, remunerate; see pay 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
prize, payment, award, winnings, return, compensation, recompense, dividend, honor, bonus, requital, remuneration.
ANT.: punishment, penalty
II
v.
pay, award, compensate, recompense, honor, remunerate, reimburse, tip.
ANT.: penalize, punish
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. Something given in return for a service or accomplishment: accolade, award, guerdon, honorarium, plum, premium, prize1. Idiom: token of appreciation (or esteem). See REWARD. 2. Something justly deserved: comeuppance, desert2 (often used in plural), due, guerdon, recompense, wage (often used in plural). Informal: lump1 (used in plural). Idioms: what is coming to one, what one has coming. See REWARD. 3. A sum of money offered for a special service, such as the apprehension of a criminal: bonus, bounty. See LAW, REWARD. II verb 1. To bestow a reward on: guerdon. See REWARD. 2. To give a satisfactory return to: compensate, indemnify, pay, recompense, remunerate, repay, requite. See PAY.

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