How to pronounce “award”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
• (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
• (academia) Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
• A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
• (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
• (transitive) To give (an award).
• (transitive) To give (a person) an award.
• (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
• (transitive, British, education) (in an examination) To give marks for a correct answer.

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