| Main Entry: | guerdon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | due |
Synonyms: |
be in line for, claim, comeuppance, compensation, desert, deserts, entitlement, interest, merits, need, payment, perquisite, prerogative, privilege, rate, recompense, repayment, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, reward, right, rights, satisfa |
| Main Entry: | guerdon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reward |
Synonyms: |
accolade, appreciation, award, benefit, bonus, bounty, carrot, comeuppance, compensation, crown*, cue, dividend, feather in cap, fringe benefit, gain, garland, goodies, gravy, grease, honor, honorarium, just deserts, meed, merit, perks, plum, prem |
| Main Entry: | compensate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make restitution |
Synonyms: |
atone, come down with, commit, guerdon, indemnify, make good, pay, pay up, plank out, pony up, recompense, recoup, refund, reimburse, remunerate, repay, requite, reward, satisfy, shell out, take care of, tickle the palm |
Antonyms: |
deprive, fine, forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | deserts |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | what is due one |
Synonyms: |
chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, compensation, deserving, discipline, disciplining, due, get hers, get his, guerdon, lumps, meed, merit, payment, penalty, punishment, recompense, requital, retribution, return, revenge, reward, right, talion, what is coming to one, what one is asking for |
| Main Entry: | dividend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one's share, profit |
Synonyms: |
allotment, allowance, appropriation, bonus, carrot, check, coupon, cut*, dispensation, divvy, extra, gain, gravy, guerdon, interest, lagniappe, meed, pay, portion, premium, prize, proceeds, remittance, returns, reward, surplus, taste* |
Antonyms: |
loss |
| Main Entry: | due |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expected reward |
Synonyms: |
be in line for, claim, comeuppance, compensation, deserts, entitlement, guerdon, interest, merits, need, payment, perquisite, prerogative, privilege, rate, recompense, repayment, reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, right, rights, satisfaction, title, vengeance, what is coming to one |
| Main Entry: | premium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bonus, prize |
Synonyms: |
appreciation, boon, bounty, carrot, dividend, extra, fee*, gravy, guerdon, meed, percentage, perk*, perquisite, plum, recompense, regard, remuneration, reward, spiff, stock, store, value |
Antonyms: |
lowness, paucity |
| Main Entry: | prize |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | award, winnings |
Synonyms: |
accolade, acquirement, acquisition, advantage, blue ribbon, bonus, bounty, cake*, capture, carrot, championship, citation, crown, decoration, dividend, feather in cap, first place, gold star, gold*, gravy, guerdon, haul, honor, inducement, jackpot, laurel, loot*, medal, meed, payoff, pickings, pillage, plum, plunder*, possession, premium, privilege, purse, recompense, requital, reward, scholarship, spoil, spoils, stakes, strokes, swag*, title, trophy, windfall |
Antonyms: |
blame, punishment |
| Main Entry: | remunerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate, reward |
Synonyms: |
accord, ante up, award, dish out, do business, grant, guerdon, indemnify, pay, pay off, pay up, post, recompense, redress, reimburse, repay, requite, shell out, spring for, vouchsafe |
Antonyms: |
charge, seize, take, withhold |
| Main Entry: | reward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment, prize |
Synonyms: |
accolade, award, benefit, bonus, bounty, carrot, comeuppance, compensation, crown*, cue, dividend, feather in cap, fringe benefit, gain, garland, goodies, gravy, grease, guerdon, honor, just deserts, meed, merit, perks, plum, premium, profit, punishment, recompense, remuneration, repayment, requital, retribution, return, salve, strokes, sweetener, tip, wages |
| Notes: | an award is something awarded or granted, as for merit; a reward is something given or received in recompense for worthy behavior or in retribution for evil acts |
Antonyms: |
penalty, punishment |