reward
noun/rɪˈwɔːrd/
Слово англійською: reward
Переклад reward українською: винагорода
Детальний опис
- [countable, uncountable] a thing that you are given because you have done something good, worked hard, etc.
- a financial reward
- reward for something a reward for good behaviour
- reward for doing something You deserve a reward for being so helpful.
- Winning the match was just reward for the effort the team had made.
- They're playing the game more for the love of sport than for financial reward.
- The company is now reaping the rewards of their investments.
- Top corporate jobs are not without their rewards.
- The appointment was widely seen as a reward for his loyalty.
- [countable] an amount of money that is offered to somebody for helping the police to find a criminal or for finding something that is lost
- reward for something A £100 reward has been offered for the return of the necklace.
- Anyone wanting to claim the reward should contact the city police.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French reguard ‘regard, heed’, also an early sense of the English word.
Idioms
virtue is its own reward
- (saying) the reward for acting in a moral or correct way is the knowledge that you have done so, and you should not expect more than this, for example praise from other people or payment