rewardable

Variant of reward

noun

  1. something given in return for good or, sometimes, evil, or for service or merit
  2. money offered, as for the capture of a criminal, the return of something lost, etc.
  3. compensation; profit
  4. Psychol. a return for correct response to a stimulus

Origin: ME < NormFr, for OFr regarde

transitive verb

  1. to give a reward to
  2. to give a reward for
  3. to serve as a reward to or for

Origin: ME rewarden < NormFr rewarder, for OFr regarder: see regard

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