awards

Noun

award (plural awards)

1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
   • Citing the damages that Ms. Lewis and Mr. Heslin had requested, Mr. Jones called the award a “major victory” in a video posted on Infowars on Thursday night, even as he urged viewers to buy products from his website to stave off what he portrayed as financial ruin.2022 August 4, Elizabeth Williamson, “Jurors Award Sandy Hook Parents $4 Million in Damages”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   conclusion, decision, verdict, censure, choice, opinion, deduction, determination, ergotism, illation

2. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
3. Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
4. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
5. (Australia, New Zealand, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
   • The AMIEU^([Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union]) first developed into a powerful organisation in the early years of the twentieth century, and after the first industry-wide collective agreement was made in 1911, collective bargaining prevailed in the industry until 1917, when the employers...1970, Kenneth Frederick Walker, Australian Industrial Relations Systems, page 242

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