awardとは

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əˈwɔːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈwɔɹd/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)d

名詞

award (複数形 awards)

1. (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
2. (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
3. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
4. (obsolete) Care, keeping.
   • 1485 July 31, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London]: […] [by William Caxton], OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: Published by David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
     , Bk.VIII, Ch.ix:

     Than the kynge for grete favour made Tramtryste to be put in his doughtyrs awarde and kepying, because she was a noble surgeon.

5. (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
   • 1970, Kenneth Frederick Walker, Australian Industrial Relations Systems‎^[1], page 242:

     The AMIEU^{[Australian Meat Industry Employees Union]} first developed into a powerful organisation in the early years of the twentieth century, and after the first industry-wide collective agreement was made in 1911, collective bargaining prevailed in the industry until 1917, when the employers sought an award from the Queensland Industrial Court. The first award was issued on March 12, 1918.

   • 2000, Mark Wooden, The Transformation of Australian Industrial Relations‎^[2], page 42:

     A further 17 per cent responded that the agreement replaced ‘most’ aspects of the award, leaving the large majority (67 per cent) claiming that the agreement replaced only ‘some’ aspects of the award.

   • 2007, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2007 Year book, Australia‎^[3], page 182:

     Employees whose pay is set by ‘award only’ are those who have their pay set by an award, and who are not paid more than the award rate of pay.

派生語

• Academy Award
• award ceremony
• book award
• Darwin Award

動詞

award (三人称単数 現在形 awards, 現在分詞 awarding, 過去形および過去分詞形 awarded)

1. (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge

   the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant

   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden?)

     To review / The wrongful sentence, and award a new.

2. (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
3. (transitive) To give an award (prize) for merit.

   He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

同意語

• (make または grant an award): crown

派生語

• awardable
• awardee
• awarder
• awarding
• awardment
• reaward

Further reading

• award in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• award in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• Warda, adraw