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award — 1 vt [Anglo French awarder agarder to look at, decide on, impose, alteration of Old French esguarder to look at, from es , intensive prefix + guarder to guard] 1: to give in accordance with a judicial or administrative determination or decision… … Law dictionary
Award — 〈[əwɔ:d] m. 6〉 von einem Expertenausschuss verliehener Preis (Academy Award, Design Award, National Book Award) ● der Award für den besten Song wurde einer Boygroup verliehen [engl., „Preis, Auszeichnung“] * * * Award [ə wɔ:d ], der; s, s [engl.… … Universal-Lexikon
Award — A*ward , n. [Cf. OF. award, awart, esgart. See {Award}, v. t.] 1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. Impatient for the award. Cowper. [1913 Webster] An award had been given… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Award — est une société spécialisée dans la conception et la fabrication de BIOS (Basic Input Output System) pour ordinateurs. La société Award est l une des principales actrices de ce marché et ses BIOS sont très répandus[réf. nécessaire] … Wikipédia en Français
Award — A*ward , v. i. To determine; to make an award. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Award — A*ward , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Awarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Awarding}.] [OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex) + warder, garder, to observe, take heed, keep, fr. OHG. wart[=e]n to watch, guard. See {Ward}.] To give by sentence … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
award — an agreement having the force of law, which sets out working conditions and wages for certain types of employment. Glossary of Business Terms * * * ▪ I. award a‧ward 1 [əˈwɔːd ǁ ɔːrd] noun [countable] 1. an amount of money that is given to… … Financial and business terms
award — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 prize that sb gets for doing sth well ADJECTIVE ▪ annual ▪ national ▪ coveted, highest, major, prestigious, special … Collocations dictionary
Award — This article is about formal recognitions. For other uses, see Award (disambiguation). See also: Prize Some of the trophies earned by the NJROTC unit of Port Charlotte High School. An award is something given to a person or a group of people to… … Wikipedia
award — awardability, n. awardable, adv. awarder, n. /euh wawrd /, v.t. 1. to give as due or merited; assign or bestow: to award prizes. 2. to bestow by judicial decree; assign or appoint by deliberate judgment, as in arbitration: The plaintiff was… … Universalium
award — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to decide, from Anglo French awarder, agarder to look at, examine, resolve, from a (from Latin ad ) + warder, garder to look after, guard more at guard Date: 14th century 1. to give by judicial decree … New Collegiate Dictionary
