award
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
award (plural awards)
- (legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
- (legal) 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#Noun|prize or honor#Noun|honor based on merit.
- (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
- French: prix, trophée, médaille
- German: Preis
- Italian: premio, trofeo, medaglia, onorificenza
- Portuguese: prémio (Portugal), prêmio (Brazil)
- Russian: награ́да
- Spanish: premio, galardón
award (awards, present participle awarding; past and past participle awarded)
- (transitive, legal) 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).
- Synonyms: 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.
- (make or grant an award) crown
- French: accorder, décerner
- Italian: sentenziare
- Portuguese: conceder
- Spanish: fallar, laudar, decretar, sentenciar
- Italian: premiare
- Portuguese: premiar, contemplar
- Spanish: premiar, galardonar
- Italian: premiare, aggiudicare
- Portuguese: premiar
- Spanish: premiar
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