Reward

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Regard; respect; consideration.

II. Reward ·noun Hence, the fruit of one's labor or works.

III. Reward ·noun Compensation or remuneration for services; a sum of money paid or taken for doing, or forbearing to do, some act.

IV. Reward ·vt To give in return, whether good or evil;

— commonly in a good sense; to Requite; to Recompense; to Repay; to Compensate.

V. Reward ·noun That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; ·esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, ·etc.; recompense; requital.