Award
[ə'wɔːd] or [ə'wɔrd]
Definition
(noun.) a grant made by a law court; 'he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court'.
(noun.) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; 'an award for bravery'.
(verb.) give, especially as an honor or reward; 'bestow honors and prizes at graduation'.
(verb.) give as judged due or on the basis of merit; 'the referee awarded a free kick to the team'; 'the jury awarded a million dollars to the plaintiff';'Funds are granted to qualified researchers'.
Typed by Chauncey--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.
(v. i.) To determine; to make an award.
(v. t.) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
(v. t.) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
Edited by Leah
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Adjudge, decrees.
n. Judgment, decree, adjudication, determination, decision.
Editor: Sasha
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Assign, apportion, attribute, accord, grant, distribute, divide, allot, give,determine, decree, order, adjudge
ANT:Refuse, withhold, withdraw, retain, misappropriate, misapportion
Inputed by Celia
Definition
v.t. to adjudge: to determine.—n. judgment: final decision esp. of arbitrators.—adj. Award′able that may be awarded.—n. Award′ment.
Inputed by Betty
Examples
- It became the most wonderful exhibit of the Centennial, and the judges gave Bell their Certificate of Award. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Damages, gentlemen--heavy damages is the only punishment with which you can visit him; the only recompense you can award to my client. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The acclamations of thousands applauded the unanimous award of the Prince and marshals, announcing that day's honours to the Disinherited Knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It deserves award as a very important step in land telegraphy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Up to the time of the Edison award, three others had been made. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You have distanced all competitors and obtained a diploma of honor, the highest award given in the Exposition. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His machine was shown at the Paris Exposition of 1867, and was awarded a gold medal, and Howe himself was given the ribbon of the French Legion of Honor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This was done, with the result that the patent was ultimately awarded to Bell. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After fourteen years of litigation the patent was finally awarded to Berliner. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The sheiks of the tribes, under a king of the poets, sat in judgment and awarded prizes; the prize songs were sung through all Arabia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 1858 the Emperor of the French called a Congress in Paris to honor Morse, and the Congress awarded him a gift of 400,000 francs as a token of gratitude. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They were set to work in fields of grain, and to McCormick was finally awarded the medal of honour. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The child had many more luxuries and indulgences than had been awarded his father. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Jury of Awards, in presenting four medals to the Edison company, took occasion to pay a high compliment to the efficiency of the system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A visitor to the laboratory with one of these medallic awards asked Edison if he had any others. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A large cabinet contains awards, decorations, and medals presented to Edison, accumulating in the course of a long career, some of which may be seen in the illustration opposite. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- United States Lighting Company), awarding the incandescent lamp to Edison. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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