Award

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To Determine; to make an award.

II. Award ·vt The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

III. Award ·vt A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

IV. Award ·vt To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to Adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant.

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