reward: translation
•Roman•
I.•/Roman•
noun
1 for effort, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ great, high, huge, rich
▪ Top athletes enjoy rich rewards.
▪ fitting, just
▪ poor, scant (both esp. BrE)
▪ It was a poor reward for years of devoted service.
▪ tangible
▪ Victory brought glory as well as more tangible rewards.
▪ immediate
▪ potential
▪ economic, financial, material, monetary
VERB + REWARD
▪ earn, enjoy, gain, get, obtain, reap, receive
▪ We are just starting to reap the rewards of careful planning.
▪ bring, have, provide, yield
▪ Hard work usually brings its own rewards.
▪ promise
▪ deserve
▪ You deserve a reward for all your efforts.
REWARD + NOUN
▪ system
PREPOSITION
▪ as a reward
▪ Give yourself some time off as a reward.
▪ reward for
▪ rewards for employees who do their jobs well
PHRASES
▪ reward enough
▪ The look on her face when I told her was reward enough.
▪ reward and punishment
▪ be its own reward, have its own reward
▪ Virtue is its own reward.
2 for helping the police
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, huge, large, substantial
▪ $20 000, £10 000, etc.
▪ cash
VERB + REWARD
▪ offer, put up (esp.BrE)
▪ give sb, pay sb
▪ claim
▪ collect, get, receive
REWARD + NOUN
▪ money
PREPOSITION
▪ reward for
▪ There is a reward for information leading to an arrest.
•Roman•
II.•/Roman•
verb (often be rewarded)
ADVERB
▪ amply, generously, greatly (esp. AmE), handsomely, highly, richly, well
▪ You will be handsomely rewarded for your loyalty.
▪ highly rewarded occupations (= those that pay well)
▪ poorly
▪ duly, properly
▪ We must make sure that effort is properly rewarded.
▪ justly
▪ immediately
▪ eventually, finally
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪ He was duly rewarded for his outstanding contribution to the arts.
▪ with
▪ The rats are rewarded with food when they press the lever.
▪ Her efforts were rewarded with a medal.
Reward is used with these nouns as the object: ↑behaviour, ↑effort, ↑employee, ↑excellence, ↑loyalty, ↑perseverance, ↑shareholder, ↑stockholder