Definition of "reward" []

• Something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts. (noun)
• Money offered or given for some special service, such as the return of a lost article or the capture of a criminal. (noun)
• A satisfying return or result; profit. (noun)
• Psychology The return for performance of a desired behavior; positive reinforcement. (noun)
• To give a reward to or for. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "-- But however great have been your exertions; however much they have been guided by the precepts of humanity and religion, your public reward has been censure and criticism; but let not such airy weapons damp your ardour for doing good; your _just reward_ is in Heaven, not on earth."
• "The minute I mention the word reward on air, well get hundreds of phony tips."
• "Below that the word reward and the ministry house phone number."