n.
a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement.
▸a fair return for good or bad behaviour.
▸a sum offered for the detection of a criminal, the restoration of lost property, etc.
v.
give a reward to.
▸show one's appreciation of (an action or quality) by making a gift.
▸
(be rewarded)
receive what one deserves.
Phrase
- go to one's reward
euphemistic die.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., var. of OFr. reguard ‘regard, heed’, also an early sense of the Engl. word.
