award

About 12.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
2. noun The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
3. noun Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
4. noun A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
5. noun A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
6. verb To determine; to make or grant an award.
7. verb To give (an award).

   Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.

8. verb To give (a person) an award.

   He was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Similar words

grant honor accolade prize present honour laurels verdict citation arbitration

Often followed by

of for in is to was and from the

Word family

awardable awarded awardee awardees awarder awarders awarding awards