Definition of "award" in İngilizce

noun

1. (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

2. (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

3. (academia) 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, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.

verb

1. (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.

2. (transitive) To give (an award).

   • Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.
   • He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

3. (transitive) To give (a person) an award.

   • He was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Literature.

4. (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.

   • The arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.

5. (transitive, British, education) (in an examination) To give marks for a correct answer.

   • Do not award marks for data from previous questions.