rewarded; rewarding; rewards
rewarder
noun
1
: something that is given in return for good or evil done or received or that is offered or given for some service or attainment
the police offered a reward for his capture
2
: a stimulus (such as food) that is administered to an organism and serves to reinforce a desired response
Synonyms
Examples of reward in a Sentence
Verb
She rewarded herself by buying a new pair of shoes.
the firefighters were rewarded by the city for their heroic actions
Noun
The contest offered a cash reward to the first person who could breed a blue rose.
Hard work brings its own rewards.
Members will receive a discount in reward for getting friends or family to join.
Recent Examples on the Web
David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024
To top it all off, there are three national parks within a couple of hours from downtown, rewarding travelers with lush mountain views, endless wilderness, and untouched beauty, where residents can go camping and hiking on weekends.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2024
The Prime Intellect protocol will offer the infrastructure and building blocks for decentralized AI development by rewarding participants for contributing compute, code, and capital, and enables collective governance of the model.
—Niamh Rowe, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
The bill would authorize $300 million over 10 years for HUD to reward states that adopt or have adopted the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; the law expands heirs’ rights when their ownership is challenged.
—Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2024
Much of this will happen if leaders reward a quality of care model rather than a quantity of care model, the researchers said, and this means ensuring that physicians don’t have to spend a lot of time managing electronic health records.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 22 Apr. 2024
The behavior had no obvious connection to mating or survival, nor was it rewarded by the scientists.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
Brian Dunn, a former compensation consultant and visiting lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said pay plans were supposed to provide incentives for executives to perform in the future, not reward them for work in the past.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
One man was impressed, however: President Xi Jinping, who last March rewarded Li’s unswerving loyalty by promoting him to Premier and China’s second-in-command.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
Julia Zorthian, TIME, 30 Apr. 2024
Virtue, even when arbitrary and pointless, has rewards of its own.
—Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 29 Apr. 2024
Everyone agreed that shelter and one-on-one support were crucial to getting people off the street, yet opinions diverged over the risks and rewards of expanding the safety net.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2024
Hundreds searched for Schultz after his disappearance, with a reward offered for information that led to the location of his body, per the Des Moines Register.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
While tips can be anonymous, individuals will need to share their name and contact information to be eligible for the reward.
—USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
One is that human sources will get skittish about divulging information, no matter what their handlers promise in terms of security or reward.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
After the latest halving, 29 more halving events will occur before the final reward of just one satoshi (the smallest unit of the Bitcoin) is granted.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
Call a hotline and land a $100,000 reward: 1-888-CANT-HIDE.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
Verb
The new system tended to reward the most strident and ideologically extreme candidates on the left or the right, which deepened the polarization of American politics.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2024
To top it all off, there are three national parks within a couple of hours from downtown, rewarding travelers with lush mountain views, endless wilderness, and untouched beauty, where residents can go camping and hiking on weekends.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2024
The Prime Intellect protocol will offer the infrastructure and building blocks for decentralized AI development by rewarding participants for contributing compute, code, and capital, and enables collective governance of the model.
—Niamh Rowe, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
The bill would authorize $300 million over 10 years for HUD to reward states that adopt or have adopted the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act; the law expands heirs’ rights when their ownership is challenged.
—Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2024
Much of this will happen if leaders reward a quality of care model rather than a quantity of care model, the researchers said, and this means ensuring that physicians don’t have to spend a lot of time managing electronic health records.
—Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 22 Apr. 2024
The behavior had no obvious connection to mating or survival, nor was it rewarded by the scientists.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2024
Brian Dunn, a former compensation consultant and visiting lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said pay plans were supposed to provide incentives for executives to perform in the future, not reward them for work in the past.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
One man was impressed, however: President Xi Jinping, who last March rewarded Li’s unswerving loyalty by promoting him to Premier and China’s second-in-command.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
Noun
In response, Trump appealed the reward and requested that the Pulitzer board review the choices for factual inaccuracies.
—Julia Zorthian, TIME, 30 Apr. 2024
Virtue, even when arbitrary and pointless, has rewards of its own.
—Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 29 Apr. 2024
Everyone agreed that shelter and one-on-one support were crucial to getting people off the street, yet opinions diverged over the risks and rewards of expanding the safety net.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2024
Hundreds searched for Schultz after his disappearance, with a reward offered for information that led to the location of his body, per the Des Moines Register.
—Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 26 Apr. 2024
While tips can be anonymous, individuals will need to share their name and contact information to be eligible for the reward.
—USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
One is that human sources will get skittish about divulging information, no matter what their handlers promise in terms of security or reward.
—David V. Gioe, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
After the latest halving, 29 more halving events will occur before the final reward of just one satoshi (the smallest unit of the Bitcoin) is granted.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
Call a hotline and land a $100,000 reward: 1-888-CANT-HIDE.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Reward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reward. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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reward
2 of 2 noun1
: something (as money) given or offered in return for a service (as the return of something lost)
2
: a stimulus (as food) that is given to an organism after a correct or desired way of behaving and that makes the behavior more probable in the future
Medical Definition
reward
1 of 2 transitive verb
re·ward
ri-ˈwȯ(ə)rd 
: to give a reward to or for
reward
2 of 2 noun
: a stimulus (as food) that serves to reinforce a desired response
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