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   award

   /əˈwɔːd/

   verb

   • 1. give or order the giving of (something) as an official payment, compensation, or prize to (someone): "he was awarded the Military Cross"
   • ▪ grant or assign (a contract or commission) to (a person or organization): "the company was awarded a contract to refurbish the timber mill"

   noun

   • 1. a prize or other mark of recognition given in honour of an achievement: "the company's annual award for high-quality service" Similar prizetrophymedalrewardhonoursdecorationinformal:gong
   • ▪ an amount of money given as an official payment, compensation, or grant: "a 1.5 per cent pay award" Similar paymentsettlementcompensationdamagesgrantscholarshipsubsidysubventionendowmentbursarybursarship
   • ▪ the action of giving a payment, compensation, or prize: "the award of an honorary doctorate" Similar givinggrantingconfermentconferralpresentationbestowal

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘issue a judicial decision’, also denoting the decision itself): from Anglo-Norman French awarder, variant of Old French esguarder ‘consider, ordain’, from es- (from Latin ex ‘thoroughly’) + guarder ‘watch (over)’, based on a word of Germanic origin related to ward; compare with guard.

   Derivatives

   • 1. awarder noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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