reward

🇺🇸 /rɪˈwɔːrd/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈwɔːd/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
noun
B2

Something you get for doing something good or working hard.

You will get a reward for finishing your homework.

B2

Money offered for helping find a criminal or lost item.

The police offer a reward for information about the missing person.

verb
R

To give someone something because they did something good.

Parents often reward children for good behavior.

translation

n. Something you get for doing something good or working hard.; Money offered for helping find a criminal or lost item.
v. To give someone something because they did something good.

Word Forms

3rd Present rewards
Past rewarded
Perfect rewarded
Progressive rewarding
Plural rewards