AWARD', verb transitive [See Guard and Regard.] To adjudge; to give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign by sentence. This word is appropriately used to express the act of arbitrators in pronouncing upon the rights of parties; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to adjective B. AWARD', verb intransitive To judge; to determine; to make an award AWARD', noun 1. The judgment, or determination of arbitrators, or the paper containing it. 2. Judgment; sentence; determination of points submitted to arbitrators.
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