Reward Financial Deserve Hard Work Noun Rɪˈwɔːd Rɪˈwɔːrd

• a financial reward
• a reward for good behaviour
• you deserve a reward for being so helpful.
• winning the match was just reward for the effort the team had made.

reward

1. a thing that you are given because you have done something good, worked hard, etc.
• a financial reward
• a reward for good behaviour
• 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.

Extra Examples

• Hard work usually brings its own rewards.
• It was a poor reward for years of devoted service.
• The look on her face when I told her was reward enough.
• Top athletes enjoy rich rewards.
• Victory brought glory as well as more tangible rewards.
• We are just starting to reap the rewards of careful long-term planning.
• You deserve a reward for all your efforts.
• a reward for hard work
• rewards for employees who do their jobs well
• At last we are getting the reward for our hard work.
• The reward for setting off early is seeing dawn break over the mountains.
• You should not bribe the child to work through material rewards.
2. an amount of money that is offered to somebody for helping the police to find a criminal or for finding something that is lost
• A £100 reward has been offered for the return of the necklace.
• Anyone wanting to claim the reward should contact the city police.

Extra Examples

• The company has put up a reward of £25 000 for information.
• There is a reward for information leading to an arrest.
3. 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

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French reguard ‘regard, heed’, also an early sense of the English word.