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(v)
Synonym of pay back in all senses.
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(transitive) To pay (a debt or the lender) so as to provide the entire amount of money owed.
(n)
(uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
one's total income for a time period
(transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
(uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).
Alternative form of pay-off. [A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full.]
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
(transitive) To compensate; to pay.
The act or principle of compensating.
An equivalent returned for anything given, done, or suffered; compensation; reward; amends; requital.
To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
An additional payment given freely as thanks for service.
An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
A reward.
Money given in return for work; salary or wages.
(countable) An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it.
Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.
A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.
(transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
(business, management, accounting) The act of compensating someone for an expense.
A setting right, as of injury, oppression, or wrong, such as the redress of grievances; hence, indemnification; relief; remedy; reparation.
The act of gaining; acquisition.
Compensation for services that do not have a predetermined value.
(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
A payment for work done; wages, salary, emolument.
(chiefly in the plural) Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary.
An advantage; help or aid from something.
(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
The cost required to gain possession of something.
One who finds or discovers something.
Wages, money earned, income.
The act of returning.
A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.
Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
A person or thing that wins a prize.
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized (matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity).
Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice.
(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.
An amount charged for a privilege.
(adj)
Alternative spelling of prizewinning. [Having won at least one prize.]
Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
A generally accepted means of exchange.
Words or actions that increase someone's confidence
Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
The act or process of making or becoming clear.
(Marxism) realisation of capital, creation of surplus value, self-expansion of capital, increase in value
An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
(law) A counterclaim; a cross debt or demand; a distinct claim filed or set up by the defendant against the plaintiff's demand.
(uncountable) Forgiveness or compassion, especially toward those less fortunate.
(countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
A fulfilment of a need or desire.
A qualitative or quantitative difference between similar or comparable things.
(insurance) The amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
(uncountable) A feeling of pleasure; satisfaction.
A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.
A Nobel Prize.
(dated) One crowned with laurel, such as a poet laureate or Nobel laureate.
(agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
Initialism of obstructive sleep apnea.
Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
a university degree with honors
British standard spelling of favor.
(finance) A cash payment of money by a company to its shareholders, usually made periodically (e.g., quarterly or annually).
An expression of approval; praise.
Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
desert, merit
(transitive, business, economics) To provide incentives for; to encourage.
Having worth, merit, or value.
The act of rewarding or compensating; reward, compensation.
Commendation; favourable representation in words.
The act or practice of enticing, of alluring or tempting.
An amount of money paid out.
That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding.