tr.v., 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.

n.

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

[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.]

awardable a·ward'a·ble adj.
awarder a·ward'er n.

1. Decision by a board of arbitration, after hearing arguments presented by the parties to a dispute, in favor of either of the parties.

2. Acceptance of a competitive bid in Auction Market sale for U.S. Treasury securities or municipal bonds.

verb

1. To give formally or officially: accord, bestow, confer, grant, present. See give/take/reciprocity.
2. To let have as a favor, prerogative, or privilege: accord, concede, give, grant, vouchsafe. See give/take/reciprocity.

noun

1. Something given in return for a service or accomplishment: accolade, guerdon, honorarium, plum, premium, prize, reward. Idioms: token ofappreciationesteem. See reward/punish/deserve.
2. A memento received as a symbol of excellence or victory: accolade, prize, trophy. See respect/contempt/standing.

n

Definition: prize
Antonyms: booby prize

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A communication from an owner accepting a bid or negotiated proposal. An award creates legal obligations between the parties.

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To concede; to give by judicial determination; to rule in favor of after an evaluation of the facts, evidence, or merits. The decision made by a panel of arbitrators or commissioners, a jury, or other authorized individuals in a controversy that has been presented for resolution. A document that memorializes the determination reached in a dispute.

A jury awards damages; a municipal corporation awards a public contract to a bidder.

Quotes:

"A new kind of award has been added -- the deathbed award. It is not an award of any kind. Either the recipient has not acted at all, or was not nominated, or did not win the award the last few times around. It is intended to relieve the guilty conscience of the Academy members and save face in front of the public. The Academy has the horrible taste to have a star, choking with emotion, present this deathbed award so that there can be no doubt in anybody's mind why the award is so hurriedly given. Lucky is the actor who is too sick to watch the proceedings on television." - Marlene Dietrich

"Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper." - Gerald Early

"The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity." - Robert Graves

"Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else." - Joseph Heller

"Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war --for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more." - John Lennon

"The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same)." - David Mamet

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - belønne, tildele, belønne med
n. - belønning, pris, præmie

idioms:

• give an award    uddele en pris, give en præmie

Nederlands (Dutch)
prijs, toewijzing, (schade)vergoeding, loonsverhoging, juridische uitspraak, toekennen, toewijzen

Français (French)
v. tr. - décerner, allouer, attribuer à, allouer à, conférer à, accorder à
n. - prix, récompense, décoration, bourse, (Jur) décision, sentence arbitrale, dommages-intérêts (accordés par le juge)

Deutsch (German)
v. - zuerkennen, gewähren, verleihen, zusprechen
n. - Zuerkennung, Zusprechung, Belohnung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βραβείο, (νομ.) επιδίκαση
v. - απονέμω, (νομ.) επιδικάζω

idioms:

• give an award    βραβεύω

Italiano (Italian)
aggiudicare, assegnare, premio, attribuzione

idioms:

• give an award    conferire un premio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - adjudicação (f) (Jur.), prêmio (m), recompensa (f)
v. - adjudicar, premiar, recompensar

idioms:

• give an award    dar um prêmio

Русский (Russian)
награждать, награда

idioms:

• give an award    присуждать награду

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - otorgar, adjudicar, conceder
n. - adjudicación, premio, recompensa, concesión, condecoración

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pris, belöning, skadestånd
v. - tilldela, tilldöma

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
赏给, 颁发, 奖, 奖品, 奖学金, 奖状, 判决

idioms:

• give an award    授奖

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 賞給, 頒發
n. - 獎, 獎品, 獎學金, 獎狀, 判決

idioms:

• give an award    授獎

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 수여하다, 재정하다
n. - 수상[자], 심판, 재정서[액]

idioms:

• give an award    상장을 수여하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 与える, 授与する, 認める, 裁定する
n. - 賞, 賞のしるし, 審判, 裁定額, 判定

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكافأه, جائزه (فعل) يمنح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮העניק‬
n. - ‮פרס, פסק-בוררות, תשלום, מענק, פסק-דין, פיצוי‬

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