What does "reward" mean?
Reward: I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. Deut. xxxii.
Additional senses
- 2.God rewards those that have made use of the single talent. Hammond.
- 3.Regard; respect; consideration. [Obs.] Take reward of thine own value. Chaucer.
- 4.That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital. Thou returnest From flight, seditious angel, to receive Thy merited reward. Milton. Rewards and punishments do always presuppose something willingly done well or ill. Hooker.
- 5.Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works. The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward. Eccl. ix.
- 6.4. (Law) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act. Burrill.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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