award

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
2. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
3. Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
4. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
5. A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.

Verb

1. To determine; to make or grant an award.
2. To give (an award).
3. To give (a person) an award.
4. To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əˈwɔːd/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.