Synonym: award, compensate, pay, remunerate. Antonym: punish, punishment. Similar words: rewarding, prewar, leeward, beware, lukewarm, ward, award, toward. Meaning: [rɪ'wɔrd /-'wɔːd] n. 1. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing 2. payment made in return for a service rendered 3. an act performed to strengthen approved behavior 4. the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property 5. benefit resulting from some event or action. v. 1. bestow honor or rewards upon 2. strengthen and support with rewards 3. act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions.
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61. They reinforced good behaviour with some kind of reward to direct a child's pattern of behaviour.
62. James is so mercenary that he'd turn in his own mother for the reward money.
63. They took to the water intent on netting the £250,000 reward offered for conclusive proof of the monster's existence.
64. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally.
65. A 1000 reward has been offered for the return of the stolen painting.
66. A reward was offered for information leading to an arrest.
67. A reward is offered for information leading to the conviction of the attacker.
68. He gave the children some chocolate to reward them for behaving well.
69. It was a poor reward for years of devoted service.
70. This is seen as a reward for the army's loyalty during a barracks revolt earlier this month.
71. It is within our power to reward him for that.
72. Last month the reward was increased from £20 000 to £40 000.
73. Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness.
74. A substantial reward is being offered for the recovery of a painting by Turner.
75. He received a large reward, which was no more than his due .
76. The police are offering a big reward for information about the robbery.
77. There is a reward for information leading to an arrest.
78. The successful are often tempted to regard their success as a kind of reward.
78. Sentencedict.com is a online sentence dictionary, on which you can find nice sentences for a large number of words.
79. A reward has been offered for information that leads to the arrest of the murderer.
80. Witnesses often find their tongues when they hear a reward has been offered.
81. A £100 reward has been offered for the return of the necklace.
82. The firm last night offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the killer.
83. The paper put up a reward for information on the murder.
84. He said if his results were good, he would reward him handsomely.
85. For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward. Jim Rohn
86. Learning is its own exceeding great reward. William Hazlitt
87. Love is love's reward. John Dryden
88. I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself. Rita Mae Brown
89. Return something not for the possibility of a reward, but for the joy of giving a gift which you did not have to pay for. Jarod Kintz
90. Some people find fault like there is a reward for it. Zig Ziglar
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