reward

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts.
2. n. Money offered or given for some special service, such as the return of a lost article or the capture of a criminal.
3. n. A satisfying return or result; profit.
4. n. Psychology The return for performance of a desired behavior; positive reinforcement.
5. v. To give a reward to or for.
6. v. To satisfy or gratify; recompense.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To mark; regard; observe; notice carefully.
2. To look after; watch over; have regard or consideration for.
3. To recompense; requite; repay, as for good or evil conduct (commonly in a good sense); remunerate, as for usefulness or merit; compensate.
4. To make return for; give a recompense for.
5. To give in recompense or return, as for either good or evil.
6. To serve as a return or recompense to; be a reward to.
7. To serve as return or recompense for.
8. To make requital; bestow a return or recompense, especially for meritorious conduct.
9. n. Notice; heed; consideration; respect; regard.
10. n. The act of rewarding, or the state of being rewarded; requital, especially for usefulness or merit; remuneration.
11. n. That which is given in requital of good or evil, especially good; a return; a recompense; commonly, a gift bestowed in recognition of past service or merit; a guerdon.
12. n. The fruit of one's labor or works; profit; return.
13. n. A sum of money offered for taking or detecting a criminal, or for the recovery of anything lost.
14. n. Synonyms Pay, compensation, remuneration, requital, retribution.

Wiktionary

1. n. Something of value given in return for an act.
2. n. A prize promised for a certain deed or catch
3. n. The result of an action, whether good or bad.
4. v. obsolete, transitive To give (something) as a reward.
5. v. transitive To give a reward to or for.
6. v. transitive To recompense.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.
2. n. obsolete Regard; respect; consideration.
3. n. That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital.
4. n. Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.
5. n. (Law) Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. bestow honor or rewards upon
2. n. an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
3. n. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing
4. v. strengthen and support with rewards
5. n. the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
6. v. act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions
7. n. payment made in return for a service rendered
8. n. benefit resulting from some event or action