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Noun reward has 5 senses
- wages, reward, payoff - a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward"
--1 is a kind of consequence, aftermath
- reward - payment made in return for a service rendered
--2 is a kind of payment
--2 has particulars:
- reward, reinforcement - an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
--3 is a kind of blessing, approval, approving
--3 has particulars: carrot
- reward - the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
--4 is a kind of offer, offering
--4 has particulars: price
- advantage, reward - benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"
--5 is a kind of benefit, welfare
Antonyms: penalty
Verb reward has 3 senses
- honor, honour, reward - bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageus action"
--1 is one way to recognize, recognise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- reinforce, reward - strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior"
--2 is one way to teach, learn, instruct
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- reward, repay, pay back - act or give recompensation in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
--3 is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
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