{
    "term": "reward",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a thing that you are given because you have done something good, worked hard, etc.",
            "sensetop": "reward for somethingreward for doing something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a financial reward"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a reward for good behaviour",
                    "contextForm": "reward for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You deserve a reward for being so helpful.",
                    "contextForm": "reward for doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Winning the match was **just reward** for the effort the team had made."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're playing the game more for the love of sport than for **financial reward**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is now **reaping the rewards** of their investments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Top corporate jobs are not without their rewards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The appointment was widely seen as a reward for his loyalty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hard work usually brings its own rewards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a poor reward for years of devoted service."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The look on her face when I told her was reward enough."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Top athletes enjoy rich rewards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Victory brought glory as well as more tangible rewards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are just starting to reap the rewards of careful long-term planning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You deserve a reward for all your efforts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a reward for hard work"
                },
                {
                    "text": "rewards for employees who do their jobs well"
                },
                {
                    "text": "At last we are getting the reward for our hard work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The reward for setting off early is seeing dawn break over the mountains."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You should not bribe the child to work through material rewards."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["great", "high", "huge"],
                "verb + reward": ["earn", "enjoy", "gain"],
                "reward + noun": ["system"],
                "preposition": ["as a reward", "reward for"],
                "phrases": [
                    "reward enough",
                    "reward and punishment",
                    "be its own reward"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an amount of money that is offered to somebody for helping the police to find a criminal or for finding something that is lost",
            "sensetop": "reward for something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A £100 **reward has been offered** for the return of the necklace.",
                    "contextForm": "reward for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Anyone wanting to claim the reward should contact the city police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company has put up a reward of £25 000 for information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a reward for information leading to an arrest."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "huge", "large"],
                "verb + reward": ["offer", "put up", "give somebody"],
                "reward + noun": ["money"],
                "preposition": ["reward for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the reward for acting in a moral or correct way is the knowledge that you have done so, and you should not expect more than this, for example praise from other people or payment",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈwɔːd/",
                "audio": "re/reward/reward__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈwɔːrd/",
                "audio": "re/reward/reward__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French reguard ‘regard, heed’, also an early sense of the English word."
}