REWARD Copy link • REWARD 1. s. The act of rewarding, remuneratio, for anything, alicujus rei (a repaying). A thing given as a reward, praemium: pretium (☞ praemium is a prize that confers distinction on the receiver, as a reward; opposed to poena; whereas pretium is a price for the discharge of a debt, as a payment): honos (reward of honor): merces (pay for services performed): fructus (produce of pains and exertion: ☞ praemiolum, common in modern writers, is without authority). To give or receive a reward [Vid. REWARD, v.] : to expect a reward for one’s services from anyone, pretium meriti ab aliquo desiderare: to propose a reward for anything, praemium alicujus rei proponere. 2. v. praemium alicui dare, tribuere, persolvere: praemium alicui deferre: praemio aliquem afficere, donare (general term to give a reward): praemio aliquem ornare or decorare (to distinguish by a reward): remunerari aliquem praemio (to remunerate by a reward). To reward with money, praemia rei pecuniariae alicui tribuere: to reward richly, praemium alicui dare amplissimum; amplis praemiis aliquem afficere: to reward merit, virtutem honorare: to reward one according to his desert, meritum praemium alicui persolvere: to be rewarded, praemium consequi; praemio donari: for anything, praemium or fructum alicujus rei capere, percipere, ferre: by anyone, fructus alicujus rei ferre ex aliquo: I consider myself richly rewarded, magnum rei fructum percepisse videor.