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| award | |
| 1. n. (legal) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. |  |
| 2. n. (legal) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. | |
| 3. n. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit. | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) Care, keeping. | |
| 5. n. (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, legal) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge | |
| the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award. | |
| 8. v. To give an award (prize) for merit. | |
| He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. | |
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