award
/əˈwɔrd/ v [T]Definition
› to give something valuable, such as money or a prize following an official decision: Her poodle was awarded first prize in the dog show. Their company was awarded a contract worth $40 million by the federal government. award /əˈwɔrd/ n [C] › Marion Jones won the Jesse Owens award as the outstanding athlete of the year.
(Definition of award v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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