Dictionary Entry
reward
reward is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.
- 2noun
Regard; respect; consideration.
- 3noun
That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.
- 4noun
Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
- 5noun
Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.
- 6noun
an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
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- 7noun
benefit resulting from some event or action
"it turned out to my advantage"
"reaping the rewards of generosity"
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- 8noun
the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
- 9noun
a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
"the wages of sin is death"
"virtue is its own reward"
- 10noun
payment made in return for a service rendered
- 11verb
strengthen and support with rewards
"Let's reinforce good behavior"
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- 12verb
act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
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- 13verb
bestow honor or rewards upon
"Today we honor our soldiers"
"The scout was rewarded for courageous action"
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