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award
English
Etymology
From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??w??d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??w??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Noun
award (plural awards)
- (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
- (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
- A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
- (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
Derived terms
- Academy Award
- award ceremony
- book award
- Darwin Award
Translations
Verb
award (third-person singular simple present awards, present participle awarding, simple past and past participle awarded)
- (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge
- the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant
- To review / The wrongful sentence, and award a new.
- (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
- (transitive) To give (an award).
- Synonym: bestow
- Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.
- (transitive) To give (a person) an award.
- He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Synonyms
- (make or grant an award): crown
Derived terms
- awardable
- awardee
- awarder
- awarding
- awardment
- reaward
Translations
Further reading
- award in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- award in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Warda, adraw
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gratuity
English
Etymology
From Old French gratuite (French gratuité), from Medieval Latin gratuitas (“a free gift”), from Latin gratuitus (“freely given, free”); see gratuitous.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????tju??t?/
- (US) IPA(key): /????tu??t?/
Noun
gratuity (plural gratuities)
- An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.
- Euphemistic form of fee, in contexts where such additional payments have been made obligatory.
- Euphemistic form of bribe.
Synonyms
- (additional payment offered in thanks): douceur, grace, pourboire, tip; baksheesh (Turkish and Middle Eastern contexts); cumshaw (SE Chinese contexts; archaic); see also gift
- (obligatory fee): service charge; douceur, tip (euphemistic)
- (bribe): Thesaurus:bribe
- (additional gift from a vendor): lagniappe
Related terms
- gratis
- gratuitous
- gratuitously
Translations
Further reading
- gratuity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- gratuity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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