after-reward
after-reward noun: a reward that follows or which comes after.
Noun
after-reward (plural after-rewards)
- A reward that follows or which comes after
- The Christian acted distinctly for a selfish end — “pro remedio minus,” the heathen may often have acted (as M. Allard unfairly assumes that he always did) from vanity or caprice, but he surely sometimes acted from a sense of right without hope of afterreward.1876, The Pall Mall Budget
- After 18 months' industrial training, with daily secular and religious instruction, inmates are sent to service, with an adequate outfit, and obtain certain after rewards and gratuities, if deserved, by good conduct in their situations.1890, The Charities Register and Digest, page 523
Examples of after-reward in a sentence
- Each offers different free or cheap after-rewards items every week, so keep rolling your rewards to pick up different HBA (health-and-beauty aisle) items all the time.2012, Rachel Singer Gordon, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Couponing:
- What is the after-reward for taking pains in the act of seeing?2013, Charlotte Mason, Home Education:
Forms of after-reward
| plural | after-rewards |
|---|---|
| alternative form | afterreward |
| alternative form | after reward |
Origin of after-reward
From Middle English after-reward, equivalent to after- + reward.
Questions about after-reward
- What does after-reward mean?
- After-reward means a reward that follows or which comes after.
- How do you use after-reward in a sentence?
- Each offers different free or cheap after-rewards items every week, so keep rolling your rewards to pick up different HBA (health-and-beauty aisle) items all the time.
- What part of speech is after-reward?
- After-reward is a noun.
- What is the plural of after-reward?
- The plural of after-reward is after-rewards.
Words near after-reward in the dictionary
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