reward

n. [ See Reward, v., and cf. Regard, n. ] 1. Regard; respect; consideration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Take reward of thine own value. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou returnest
From flight, seditious angel, to receive
Thy merited reward. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rewards and punishments do always presuppose something willingly done well or ill. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward. Eccl. ix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Recompense; compensation; remuneration; pay; requital; retribution; punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rewarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Rewarding. ] [ OF. rewarder, another form of regarder, of German origin. The original sense is, to look at, regard, hence, to regard as worthy, give a reward to. See Ward, Regard. ] To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. [ 1913 Webster ]

After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward,
Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 1 Sam. xxiv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. Deut. xxxii. 41. [ 1913 Webster ]

God rewards those that have made use of the single talent. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of reward. -- Re*ward"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*ward"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rewards. [ 1913 Webster ]