reward
/ɹɪˈwɔɹd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
one's place in heaven; God's judgment in the afterlife; death
Example Sentences
- "For catching the thief, you'll get a nice reward."
- "The rewards for bringing in badly wanted criminals are printed on 'dead or alive' posters."
- "And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with mee, to giue euery man according as his worke shall be."
- "Your daddy ever tell you how Uncle Mac come to his reward?"
- "When I get my reward my work will all be done / And I will sit back in my chair between the Father and the Son / No more holes to fill and no more rocks to break / And no more loading boxes on the trucks for someone else to take"
- "Is this the reward I get for telling the truth: to be put in jail?"
Etymology
From Middle English reward, rewarde, from Old French reward (“reward”) (compare Old French regard, whence modern French regard, and also English regard through Middle French), from rewarder (“to reward”) (compare Old French reguarder), from re- + warder (“to guard, keep”) (compare Old French guarder); the Anglo-Norman forms are derived from Old Northern French variants of Old French, ultimately of Germanic (Frankish) origin. Compare regard, warden, guard. See more below. Mostly displaced Old English mēd, whence Modern English meed. Displaced Old English lēan and edlēan.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/
- British English: /ɹɪˈwɔːd/