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Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.

reward

NOUN:	1. Something justly deserved: comeuppance, desert² (often used in plural), due, guerdon, recompense, wage (often used in plural). Informal : lump¹ (used in plural). Idioms: what is coming to one, what one has coming. See REWARD. 2. A sum of money offered for a special service, such as the apprehension of a criminal: bonus, bounty. See LAW, REWARD. 3. Something given in return for a service or accomplishment: accolade, award, guerdon, honorarium, plum, premium, prize¹. Idioms: token of appreciation (or esteem) . See REWARD.
VERB:	1. To bestow a reward on: guerdon. See REWARD. 2. To give a satisfactory return to: compensate, indemnify, pay, recompense, remunerate, repay, requite. See PAY.


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