Definition of award

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a·ward    (-wôrd) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
a·ward·ed, a·ward·ing, a·wards

1. To grant as merited or due: awarded prizes to the winners.
2. To give as legally due: awarded damages to the plaintiff.

NOUN:

1. Something awarded or granted, as for merit.
2. A decision, such as one made by a judge or arbitrator.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, to decide (a legal case), variant of Old North French eswarder : es-, out (from Latin ex; see ex-) + warder, to judge, guard; see wer-³ in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
a·warda·ble(Adjective), a·warder(Noun)