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noun
A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
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verb
To give such a reward to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a reward or payment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: reward
History
From Middle English guerdon, guerdoun, gardone, from Old French guerdon, guerredon, guarredon, werdon, from Medieval Latin widerdōnum, alteration of widerlōnum, from West Germanic (whence Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan), literally ‘back-payment’, with the second element assimilated to Latin dōnum (“gift”).
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
