- to give as due or merited; assign or bestow: to award prizes.
- to bestow by judicial decree; assign or appoint by deliberate judgment, as in arbitration: The plaintiff was awarded damages of $100,000.
- something awarded, as a payment or medal.
- Law.
- a decision after consideration; a judicial sentence.
- the decision of arbitrators on a matter submitted to them.
- to give (something due), esp as a reward for merit
- to declare to be entitled, as by decision of a court of law or an arbitrator
- something awarded, such as a prize or medal
- (in Australia and New Zealand) the amount of an award wage (esp in the phrase above award)
- law
- the decision of an arbitrator
- a grant made by a court of law, esp of damages in a civil action
