award

award, reward

这两个动词均有“给予奖励”之意。
award: 侧重指官方或经正式研究裁决后对有功者或竞赛优胜者所给予的奖励。
reward: 指对品德高尚和勤劳的人所给予的奖励。也可指为某事付酬金。

名词 award:

1. a grant made by a law court
   同义词：awarding
2. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
   同义词：accolade, honor, honour, laurels
3. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
   同义词：prize

动词 award:

1. give, especially as an honor or reward
   同义词：present
2. give as judged due or on the basis of merit
   同义词：grant

1. She has been awarded a scholarship to study at Harvard.
   她获得了去哈佛大学读书的奖学金。
2. The referee awarded a free kick.
   裁判员判定罚一个任意球。
3. The award for this year's best actress went to Meryl Streep.
   本年度最佳女演员的得奖者是梅里尔·斯特里普。

a.ward

v.tr.（及物动词）
a.ward.ed,a.ward.ing,a.wards
To grant as merited or due:
奖励，授予：因优点或善行而给予：
例句：
awarded prizes to the winners.
给优胜者授予奖品

To give as legally due:
判给：因司法判决给予：
例句：
awarded damages to the plaintiff.See Synonyms at grant
判给原告损害赔偿金参见 grant

n.（名词）
Something awarded or granted, as for merit.
奖品，奖：因优点奖励或授予的东西
A decision, such as one made by a judge or arbitrator.
判定，判决：决定，如法官或仲裁者所作出的

来源：
Middle English awarden
中古英语 awarden
from Anglo-Norman awarder [to decide (a legal case)]
源自 英法语 awarder [解决（法律事件）]
variant of Old North French eswarder
古法国北方方言 eswarder的变体
es- [out] from Latin ex * see ex-
es- [向外面] 源自 拉丁语 ex *参见 ex-
warder [to judge, guard] * see wer- 3
warder [裁决，戒备] *参见 wer- 3

【引伸】
award.able
adj.（形容词）
award.er
n.（名词）