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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
award
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a council awards sth (=gives someone something, especially money)
▪ The Scottish Arts Council has awarded grants totalling over £30,000.
accept an award
▪ Miller accepted the award for best comedy show.
an awards ceremony (=to give people prizes for good achievements)
▪ the annual television awards ceremony
award a company a contract (=give them a contract)
▪ The state of Kentucky has awarded the firm a $10m contract.
award/give (a team) a penalty
▪ The referee awarded Bradford a penalty in the final minute.
be awarded a degreeformal (= get one)
▪ At the end of the three years, he was awarded a first-class honours degree.
be awarded a medal
▪ The book was awarded the Carnegie Medal.
be awarded compensation (=be given it)
▪ Many victims have been awarded compensation by the courts.
be given/awarded custody (=be legally allowed to have it)
▪ The court will decide who will be given custody.
discretionary award/grant/fund etc
give/award sb a grant
▪ If you have been awarded a grant, you must send the details to the university.
give/award sb a point
▪ I was awarded 17 points out of 20.
posthumously awarded
▪ He was posthumously awarded the Military Cross.
prize/award/medal etc winner
▪ a Nobel prize winner
receive a prize/award/gift etc
▪ He went up to receive his award from the mayor.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
annual
▪ Then the association presented its annual awards for distinction in art history, art, and criticism.
▪ The winners will be announced at the annual award ceremony on March 18.
▪ The annual award is for the trainee deemed to have made the greatest contribution to the Trainee Solicitors Group.
▪ So let the Review Board eat its words, when I win the annual all-industry award for originality.
▪ Both schemes include an annual awards event and regular newsletters.
▪ The annual award is normally given to a boss providing the worst pay and conditions but because of unemployment no one is making nominations.
▪ The rosebowl is the company's annual award for consistent high quality service to customers.
▪ The annual award is to promote and encourage imaginative projects and management of wild game conservation and its habitat.
discretionary
▪ Hon. Members must recall that these are, after all, discretionary awards.
▪ They can, however, apply for a discretionary award from their local education authority.
▪ If authorities are failing to increase their spending on discretionary awards commensurately, that is their decision.
high
▪ Bangor's share is the second highest award and follows £830,000 given to University College, Cardiff.
▪ But a string of appeals ordered by the City Council led to heavy interest and the higher award.
▪ The highest award was £307,781 to a computer expert who injured his back helping a store detective stop a suspected shoplifter.
▪ Works manager Geoff Smith said that, to his knowledge, this is the highest award ever received in component manufacturing.
▪ So again, credit transfer would allow this student to gain the higher award on the completion of six more credits.
▪ He continued to win the highest show ring awards and was honoured by his fellow professionals with several testimonials.
▪ The highest possible award, the Stanhope Gold Medal, is only awarded once a year.
▪ In his youth, he was already accustomed to leading champion Clydesdales to the winning of the highest awards.
national
▪ As well as organising conferences and courses the group also helped set up a national awards scheme and backed a number of arts publications.
▪ Records of achievement for pupils, a flexible national curriculum, a home/school partnership agreements, and a national schools award.
▪ New awards in engineering practice are being developed to provide clear progression routes from the relevant national awards in engineering practice.
▪ The five-year project has resulted in a facelift for the line which has been recognised with several national awards.
▪ A new framework of national awards in engineering has been developed over the last few years.
▪ It has also just won its second national training award.
▪ The new national awards provide two types of qualification.
▪ In the academic year 1990/91, work by the staff of the Department led to two national awards.
prestigious
▪ The prizes, the most prestigious awards given for journalism, are presented annually by Columbia University.
▪ The entire white watch crew at Wallasey fire station received a prestigious award in recognition of their bravery at the triple rescue.
▪ The Nobel committee aimed well in choosing the anti-land mine campaigners for the prestigious award.
special
▪ The Federation's central council would organise a panel of judges and there would be a special, high-profile awards ceremony.
▪ The most typical reader will win a special golden bone award.
▪ Applicants with suitable experience in industry may qualify for special awards.
▪ A highlight of the evening will be the presentation of a special award to a local designer.
▪ Judging will take place in December with the winner selected from four finalists at a special awards dinner early in 1993.
▪ The thriving Teesside club also finished third in a special challenge award for the first 12 men home, underlining their strength-in-depth.
▪ In addition, a special award was made to Ludovic Kennedy for his outstanding contribution over many years in exposing miscarriages of justice.
top
▪ Read in studio One of the region's independent radio stations has won a top award at the radio Oscars.
▪ But we want more than just our top award decided by you, the readers.
▪ Read in studio A film explaining everything you ever wanted to know about hedgehogs has won a top award.
▪ Hogging the limelight ... top award for wildlife video.
▪ Wayne Williams took the top scorer's award and David Flinn was the chosen as the best young player.
▪ Without takers the college could lose two top research awards.
▪ He has bred four other champions and captured the top Dobermann awards of 1987, 1988 and 1989.
■ NOUN
ceremony
▪ Prime Minister John Major also sent a congratulatory message to the awards ceremony.
▪ All participants will receive free admission to the museum today, following a post-race breakfast and awards ceremony.
▪ He spent the morning in jovial mood as guest of honour at a sponsorship of the arts award ceremony.
▪ When my father won first prize, he was so excited he dropped his trophy during the awards ceremony.
▪ At this point, the award ceremony threatens to turn sour.
▪ And the much-touted Year of the Woman at the awards ceremony never materialized, either.
▪ The winners will be announced at the annual award ceremony on March 18.
pay
▪ In June 1990 during a strike of non-graduate teachers over their pay award, the government brought emergency regulations into force.
▪ Boots chief Sir James Blyth is among the bosses whose pay awards far outstripped rises in profits.
▪ In 1980, the procedure was a prelude to the obligatory pay award of the ministry of labour.
▪ But she criticised high pay awards to some council chief officials.
▪ She expected most of those who had applied for the pay award to be successful.
scheme
▪ As well as organising conferences and courses the group also helped set up a national awards scheme and backed a number of arts publications.
▪ The awards scheme, launched last year, aims to demonstrate how game shooting and conservation work for a better countryside.
▪ We would expand the Smart award scheme for small companies which has been constrained by funding resources.
▪ The Prince was visiting handicapped children being looked after by members of his father's award scheme.
▪ Each business unit, site and function will run its own local award scheme before the end of the year.
▪ Our aim is to encourage as many as possible to attain various levels within the award scheme.
winner
▪ There were sixteen award winners and eighteen commendations.
▪ Last year the award winners were those judged to be tops in the application of advanced manufacturing technology.
▪ The category award winners ranged from a housing co-operative in Dundee to a children's play area in an Essex village.
▪ If it wasn't up against such strong competition, it would have been an award winner.
▪ Drinks all round ... the family-run pub that's an award winner.
■ VERB
accept
▪ My voice was wobbling up and down like Sally Field accepting an award.
▪ They accepted their two awards in jeans and shirts.
▪ Health union negotiators said they would refuse to accept the award for Britain's 600,000 nurses, midwives and health visitors.
▪ As Nirvana accepted its award, singer Kurt Cobain opened his trousers zipper, causing the camera to abruptly pan away from him.
▪ Only one of the seven was on hand to accept the award.
announce
▪ The winners will be announced at the annual award ceremony on March 18.
collect
▪ Cote keeps leaping out of his seat to collect award after award.
▪ Celebrities including Michael Crawford and Peter Bowles saw her collect her bravery award.
▪ After collecting the award Reeves slipped it into a plastic carrier bag and shortly after dropped it.
▪ It was so embarrassing, I had to get up in front of hundreds of people and collect this award.
give
▪ Solar Wings of Wiltshire were given the award for their plane the Quasar.
▪ We have a dinner, give out awards.
▪ There were a few other awards given.
▪ Peterson given award by Chamber Rep.
▪ The board refused to give reasons for its award.
make
▪ Some interviewers make a grid and award marks against each heading.
▪ Moreover, the administrative cost of the procedure for making awards is high.
▪ Two universities have made awards to him in recognition of his scientific distinction.
▪ As well as the fashion design award, the Trust will also make an award to a local school for business enterprise.
▪ The first point to be noted is that the Court may make the award on the application of the injured person.
▪ A tribunal must make a compensatory award if it has made a basic award.
▪ This carefully-worded document rehearsed the arguments for making the joint award, while carefully avoiding any admission of the original mistake.
pick
▪ But the teenager looked remarkably self-assured as he embraced the film-makers and picked up his award.
▪ It seems that every time Robin sets sail in his venerable old craft he picks up some award or other.
present
▪ The purpose: to present an award recognizing special achievement in the fight against a learning disability known as dyslexia.
▪ He's been presenting awards aimed at encouraging safety at work, a challenge taken up in Oxfordshire's old folks homes.
▪ Hagey subsequently was presented with two civic awards for drawing San Diegans to the then-moribund Gaslamp Quarter.
▪ At the dinner, Gandhi repeated his plea to present the award.
▪ I presented 29 awards and was able to announce that a further 500 companies are committed to meeting this standard.
receive
▪ A team from Northern Ireland would only receive one of these awards.
▪ Grandcourt arrives late, and watches Gwendolen walk up to receive an award for shooting, the center of all eyes.
▪ Underlying Mr Singh's campaign has been an implication that boys receiving awards and honours have not really been deserving of them.
▪ As a specialist in pathology, physiology and pharmacology, Mrs Coll received many teaching awards.
win
▪ Rayleigh won the team award with Deben in second place.
▪ He's jealous of Tom's coaching ability and the fact that he wins all those writing awards.
▪ If Elaine wins the regional award next month, she will go through to the national final in May.
▪ While neither of these games will win awards for plotting or scripting, Duke has more going on.
▪ Read in studio A revolutionary type of microlight aircraft has won a design council award.
▪ The Zeenders had won ten Gold Cup awards from their peers in the food business.
▪ He now runs a highly successful production company which bears his name and wins award after award.
▪ In the eight years she's been showing the plants she's won hundreds of awards.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Paltrow won the "Best Actress" award.
▪ She received a $700 legal award against her ex-landlord.
▪ The award ceremony will be held at the National Film Theatre tonight.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An avid Everton supporter, Christopher was nominated for the award by a teacher.
▪ As is the custom at such ceremonies, we start with the lesser awards.
▪ Brian has won several local science awards and is computer club president and a member of the varsity bowling team.
▪ Cricket benefited by about £750,000 when the July awards of the Foundation for Sport and the Arts were announced.
▪ The prizes, the most prestigious awards given for journalism, are presented annually by Columbia University.
▪ You, the citizen, must pay for these awards in increased premiums, their advertisements say.
II.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
posthumously
▪ For this he was posthumously awarded the Military Cross.
recently
▪ Was recently awarded £30,000 damages against Thames Valley Police for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.
■ NOUN
certificate
▪ In 1863 she was awarded a first-class certificate.
▪ For the first time at the 1987/8 Awards Ceremony, prizes were awarded to National Certificate students.
▪ Each successful candidate was awarded a Course Certificate, along with various other presentations for merit.
compensation
▪ Damages are awarded by way of compensation to the plaintiff for the loss suffered. 2.
▪ But the magistrate awarded De Pace £800 compensation for anxiety and sleepless nights, £74 for dental bills and £640 legal costs.
▪ The tribunal can award you up to £14,000 compensation or order your reinstatement.
▪ The Resident Magistrate said he had considered the matter of compensation but had decided not to award compensation.
contract
▪ Coun Davies added that the exploration contracts would be awarded in the New Year.
▪ The VitaPro contract is among several awarded by the prison agency that are now the focus of state and federal criminal investigations.
▪ The contracts are to be awarded in October, and will take effect from April 1999.
▪ The 30 % set-aside did not apply to city contracts awarded to minority-owned prime contractors.
▪ The contract, the largest awarded to date to Magellan's workplace division, is for one year with four option years.
▪ Competitive tendering is a system whereby contracts are awarded to the supplier who offers the best deal.
▪ It accounted for 60 percent of the contracts the federal government awarded to minority companies last year.
costs
▪ Similar considerations apply in the county court which also has the power to award costs.
▪ The court has no power to award further costs.
▪ The judges awarded the Home Office costs, but granted leave to appeal to the House of Lords.
▪ Their lawyers, who were awarded costs thought to be between £2m and £3m, estimate total compensation at £6m to £7m.
court
▪ Initially only the High Court had jurisdiction to award provisional damages.
▪ A Louisiana court awarded a customer $ 3, 0 after she had been falsely accused of shoplifting in a clothing store.
▪ What court is going to award custody of a five-year-old girl to a single man who's constantly overseas on business?
▪ The court awarded the islanders their legal costs.
▪ The answer reached by the court is that it awards a sum which is in the nature of a conventional award.
▪ The nightmare ended when a High Court judge agreed to award permanent custody to them.
▪ He can still settle or ask the court to award damages on the old basis of including something for the future risk.
custody
▪ What court is going to award custody of a five-year-old girl to a single man who's constantly overseas on business?
▪ After the breakup the parents were awarded joint custody and Tom resided for part of the week with each.
▪ The Browns have been critical of the judge since she awarded Simpson custody.
▪ The nightmare ended when a High Court judge agreed to award permanent custody to them.
▪ A judge awarded Simpson full custody of the children in December.
▪ A New York judge awarded custody of the boy to Leo in 1994 and allowed Heard to see him every other weekend.
damages
▪ Provided the discrimination was not indirect and unintentional, damages can be awarded to take account of injury to feelings.
▪ Punitive damages can be awarded when false statements are made maliciously.
▪ This they had failed to do, and, as a result, damages were awarded for breach of fiduciary duty.
▪ In Texas, for instance, the total amount of punitive damages awarded between 1968 and 1971 was $ 85, 000.
▪ The writer knows of no case prior to 1964 in which exemplary damages were awarded in a personal injuries claim.
▪ It provides that such damages can be awarded as are proportioned to the injury resulting from the death to the dependants respectively.
▪ However, over the years firm limitations have been placed upon damages that can be awarded by the courts.
▪ As with race discrimination, damages can not be awarded if the discrimination is found to have been unintentional.
degree
▪ He was awarded a law degree at the Sorbonne, where he flirted with the extreme right.
▪ According to Grabo, in 1997 the U.S. awarded 1.1 million bachelor degrees, of which only 65,000 were in engineering.
▪ From 1969 it was awarding honorary degrees.
▪ The universities of Manchester, St Andrews, and Cambridge awarded him honorary degrees in 1919.
▪ He was awarded several honorary degrees in recognition of this intellectual and institutional contribution.
▪ In their honour ... The University will award honourary degrees at the graduation ceremonies on 1 and 2 July.
diploma
▪ By the 1830s, some 50 students yearly were awarded a diploma.
▪ Polytechnics will be able to call themselves universities and to award degrees and diplomas.
▪ In 1871 the Lowe-Vansittart propeller was awarded a first-class diploma at the Kensington exhibition, followed by similar awards worldwide.
grant
▪ It may also be possible to award grants of lesser value to applicants not elected as the Fellow.
▪ The alliance will use the two-week inventory to award grants to local groups for making improvements.
▪ The committee awarded a £300 grant towards starting the project in December 1989.
▪ The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, I believe, had a recent £200,000 deficit, but has been awarded a larger grant.
judge
▪ However, the judges awarded it one of the fifth prizes for a War Department design.
▪ The Browns have been critical of the judge since she awarded Simpson custody.
▪ Fortunately the judges agreed, and awarded it the first prize.
▪ But, in addition, Weeks' lawyers asked the judge to award them $ 3. 8 million in fees.
▪ Three times that day the judges awarded the maximum 30 points for a single ride.
▪ A judge awarded Simpson full custody of the children in December.
▪ The judges awarded the Home Office costs, but granted leave to appeal to the House of Lords.
▪ A New York judge awarded custody of the boy to Leo in 1994 and allowed Heard to see him every other weekend.
jury
▪ In compensation, a jury had awarded Nicole US$2,200,000 in damages and a further US$5,300,000 in non-economic damages.
▪ A jury awarded the plaintiffs a total of $ 135, 000 in damages.
▪ The jury awarded him the libel raspberry - a halfpenny - so he was forced to pay for the whole action.
▪ The jury awarded the plaintiff $ 2. 8 million, an award Mr Goens says was based on the facts.
▪ The jury awarded Hayward £50,000, and the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict because the article was capable of implying guilt.
▪ In 1994, a jury awarded him more than half a million dollars for wrongful termination from the utility in 1990.
▪ The jury awarded punitive damages of £40,000 against Irving, and a further £40,000 against Cassell.
▪ C., jury awarding Food Lion $ 5. 5 million in damages for fraud and trespassing.
mark
▪ Then we had a lunch break during which time the Head went round and awarded marks for the cleanest class.
▪ While Hyacinth awarded marks, others, just as predatory, were giving her the eye.
▪ And as a result has awarded it top marks and a prestigious regional Quality Brickwork Award.
medal
▪ President of the Institute of Metals in 1938-40, he was awarded their platinum medal in 1941.
▪ For that he was awarded his first life-saving medal.
▪ Emma, who presently works in corporate finance, was awarded the IoT medal and Butterworth prize for the highest overall marks.
▪ When the corps was disbanded it was mentioned in dispatches and Gandhi and several comrades were awarded the War Medal.
▪ He was awarded the Symons gold medal of the Royal Meteorological Society in 1944.
▪ He was awarded the silver medal of the Mozarteum in 1950.
▪ Those awarded congressional gold medals have not led sainted lives.
pay
▪ I hope that the people who have awarded themselves excessive pay rises will hear that from me and the hon. Gentleman.
▪ Some administrators even used them to award merit pay to teachers.
peace
▪ He would be re-elected for Haggerston in 1900 and in 1903 would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
penalty
▪ Referee Mark Russell awarded a penalty against Dooley, but made no mention of it in his report.
▪ The referee awarded a penalty and, after consulting the linesman, ordered an early bath for Sansome.
▪ Under the new law I would still be able to award a penalty try.
▪ Morrison awarded them a contentious penalty try after Leicester's pack brought down Bath's drive from a lineout.
▪ During this spell the Lions went 35 minutes without being awarded a penalty but conceded 10.
▪ The umpires awarded a thirty-yard penalty to South Sussex.
▪ I would also like the team awarded a penalty and gaining ground to be given the line-out throw-in.
▪ To add insult to injury, Palace, attacking with renewed vigour, were then awarded a doubtful penalty.
points
▪ The portal was to be called Peeled and would have awarded executives with loyalty points after they shopped via the site.
▪ Three times that day the judges awarded the maximum 30 points for a single ride.
▪ In a little ceremony after dinner a neighbour lined up four of us to award points for each of Polly's dishes.
▪ I was awarded seventeen points out of twenty but judging by the worried looks and furrowed brows there were some lower scores.
▪ I suspect they award points for skill in flying and for artistic achievement too!
▪ Psychologically, it is sound to award points for success.
prize
▪ Fortunately the judges agreed, and awarded it the first prize.
▪ That's why we award Ig Nobel prizes.
▪ Jane Addams was awarded the Nobel Prize for her inventive work with underprivileged women and children.
▪ Entrants for the Cup need not be members, but the 100K Association will award special prizes for members.
▪ His score for the film Louisiana Story was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1948.
scholarship
▪ He was awarded a scholarship to Harvard in our senior year, the only one in the history of Hollybush High.
▪ At ten she was awarded a choral scholarship to a private school in London.
▪ The school is the only institution ever to be awarded the scholarship two years in a row.
sum
▪ The answer reached by the court is that it awards a sum which is in the nature of a conventional award.
▪ He asked the court to prohibit Weisser from publishing the notes and to award him a sum of money as damages.
trophy
▪ Teams from the Republic, if they win the Milk Cup, are also automatically awarded two other trophies.
winner
▪ Regular stops are planned en-route and medals and cups will be awarded to the winners.
▪ Its 8, 000 members vote for Independent Spirit award winners.
▪ Generous cash prizes from the Northern Bank will be awarded to winners in four categories at a special presentation ceremony.
▪ The green jersey is awarded for the winner of the race on points.
▪ Cash prices will be awarded to three winners in the general category and one in the poetry section.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A woman who suffered brain damage during an operation has been awarded $300,000 in compensation.
▪ She was awarded the Nobel Prize for her work in medical research.
▪ The management have awarded all factory employees a 5% pay increase.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Four other firms are here too, and the long-established Mancunian company Demmy has recently been awarded the seventh licence.
▪ Grants awarded: Grants worth £65,048 have been awarded to local development agencies by Cleveland County Council.
▪ He was awarded the £40 he had been ordered to pay in excess fares plus interest plus costs.
▪ I hope that the people who have awarded themselves excessive pay rises will hear that from me and the hon. Gentleman.
▪ Prizes supplied by the Longman Group will be awarded.
▪ Ted's efforts for our club were fully recognised by everyone at Crystal Palace and he was awarded a Benefit in 1920-21.
▪ The 20-year franchise has been awarded to Govia, which operates Thames Trains and Thameslink.
▪ Venues awarded a Heartbeat logo in the council's healthy eating campaign are also identified.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Award

Award \A*ward"\, n. [Cf. OF. award, awart, esgart. See Award, v. t.]

  1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.``Impatient for the award.''
    --Cowper.

    An award had been given against.
    --Gilpin.

  2. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
    --Bouvier.

Award

Award \A*ward"\, v. i. To determine; to make an award.

Award

Award \A*ward"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Awarding.] [OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex) + warder, garder, to observe, take heed, keep, fr. OHG. wart[=e]n to watch, guard. See Ward.] To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.

To review The wrongful sentence, and award a new.
--Dryden.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
award

late 14c., "decide after careful observation," from Anglo-French awarder, from Old North French eswarder (Old French esguarder) "decide, examine" (after careful consideration), from es- "out" (see ex-) + warder "to watch" (see ward (n.)). Related: Awarded; awarding.

award

late 14c., "decision after consideration," from Anglo-French award, Old French esguard, from esguarder (see award (v.)). Meaning "something awarded" is first attested 1590s.

Wiktionary
award

n. 1 (context legal English) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. 2 (context legal English) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. 3 A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize#Noun or honor#Noun based on merit. 4 (context obsolete English) care, keeping. 5 (context Australia, NZ industrial relations English) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an http://en.wikipedi

  1. org/wiki/Industrial%20award. v

  2. 1 (context transitive legal English) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant. 2 (context intransitive English) To determine; to make or grant an award. 3 (context transitive English) to give an #Noun (prize) for merit

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WordNet
award

  1. n. a grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court" [syn: awarding]

  2. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery" [syn: accolade, honor, honour, laurels]

  3. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery; "the prize was a free trip to Europe" [syn: prize]

  4. v. give, especially as a reward; "bestow honors and prizes at graduation" [syn: present]

  5. give on the basis of merit; "Funds are granted to qualified researchers" [syn: grant]

  6. bestow an honor upon

Wikipedia
Award

An award is something given to a person, a group of people, or an organization to recognize their excellence in a certain field; a certificate of excellence. Awards are often signified by trophies, titles, certificates, commemorative plaques, medals, badges, pins, or ribbons. An award may carry a monetary prize given to the recipient; for example, the Nobel Prize for contributions to society or the Pulitzer Prize for literary achievements. An award may also simply be a public acknowledgment of excellence, without any tangible token or prize.

Award (disambiguation)

An award is a formal recognition.

Award also may refer to:

  • Civil-court award, a.k.a. damages
  • Industrial award, in Australian labor law
  • The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, a youth self-improvement awards programme
Related phrases:

Usage examples of "award".

This case involved the validity of an act of Congress directing the judge of the territorial court of Florida to examine and adjudge claims of Spanish subjects against the United States and to report his decisions with evidence thereon to the Secretary of the Treasury who in turn was to pay the award to the claimant if satisfied that the decisions were just and within the terms of the treaty of cession.

Nevada, in the absence of acquiring jurisdiction over the wife, was held incapable of adjudicating the rights of the wife in the prior New York judgment awarding her alimony.

Nevertheless, a typical arbitration award simply orders one party to pay money to another.

I will consider declaring the mediation closed and asking that an arbitrator be assigned to conduct a hearing and make an award.

In the course of the session I shall probably have occasion to request you to provide indemnification to claimants where decrees of restitution have been rendered and damages awarded by admiralty courts, and in other cases where this government may be acknowledged to be liable in principle and where the amount of that liability has been ascertained by an informal arbitration.

All I had left of Esteban was a salvage ticket awarding me 900 pennyweight in unspecified isotopes.

I want to give you a heads up that the Bureau will be awarding you the Shield of Bravery for the job you did in Nevada.

Exactly as Charley Baines had predicted, it was Randall Birley who scooped the awards from Twelfth Night both as director and actor.

It was Helen Troy herself, on stage growing from a small tramp to a delicious star, who presented Randall Birley with his Best Actor Award.

Even Orlan Trahern, though certainly no disrespect could be awarded to that fine man, was a trifle reserved, and sought after the advice of this bondsman, who had proven no more than a stone in the porridge of the brave Sir Gaylord.

Tell me, do you think Lola will be going to the Bookie awards next week?

It was a profile of a young man at Yale named Chesa Boudin, who had just been awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.

It came in a box lined with blue velvet and it stood on a shelf next to the Capa photograph, set slightly apart from the other international awards Clee had won for the excellence of his work.

The councils of all four planets awarded Miss Marks a substantial retirement fund at the conclusion of the wars, and Coda granted her this land and the home.

For instance: it struck me early on that, while there were indications of other feet at work two pairs of highly active rubberised soles on hard floor, and one pair of light leather which I tentatively awarded to the catlike Tabizi there was no slapping of crocs, thereby leading me to the conclusion that Haj was either suspended above the ground in some way, or shoeless, or both.