Word Finder - awards

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A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.

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The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.

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A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.

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(Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated minimum wage that is set for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.

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To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge

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the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant

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To determine; to make or grant an award.

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To give (an award).

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Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.

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• bestow

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To give (a person) an award.

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He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

On the other hand, they resemble civil awards in that they may be set aside, i.e.

This volume records the births in the herds of members of the society, and gives the pedigrees of cows and bulls, besides furnishing lists of prizewinners at the principal shows and butter-test awards, and reports of sales by auction of Jersey cattle.

In 1880 at Carlisle, and in 1881 at Derby, the special awards were for broadside steam-diggers and string sheaf-binders respectively.

In 1894, at Cambridge, the awards were for fixed and portable oil engines, potato-spraying and tree-spraying machines, sheep-dipping apparatus and churns.

Previously to this he had served, in 1855, upon the commission for organizing the Exhibition of 1855, and his services there led to his forming one of the French jury of awards in the London Exhibition of 1862.

International awards, as already pointed out, differ from civil awards in having no legal sanction by which they can be enforced.

Volunteering has always attracted the younger men, and the highest awards at Wimbledon and Bisley have been won by the Queen's Edinburgh History.

Even on the assumption that the Athenian dicasteries were scrupulously fair in their awards, it must have been peculiarly galling to the self-respect of the allies and inconvenient to individuals to be compelled to carry cases to Athens and Athenian juries.

The statutory definition of the grounds of reduction was intended, however, merely to put an end to the practice which had previously obtained of reviewing awards on their merits, and it does not prevent the courts from setting aside an award where the arbitrator has exceeded his jurisdiction, or disregarded any one of the expressed conditions of the submission, or been guilty of misconduct.

He was the recipient of many British and foreign awards and honours, amongst these being the Royal and Hughes medals of the Royal Society in 1894 and 1902 respectively, the Hodgkins medal of the Smithsonian Institute of Washington in 1902, the Nobel Prize for physics in 1906, enrolment as honorary graduate of many universities, and as honorary fellow of numerous American and continental scientific academies.

To such customary routine belonged his conversations with the staff, the letters he wrote from Tarutino to Madame de Stael, the reading of novels, the distribution of awards, his correspondence with Petersburg, and so on.

The judges, in making their awards at the show held annually in December, at Islington, North London (since 1862), are instructed to decide according to quality of flesh, lightness of offal, age and early maturity, with no restrictions as to feeding, and thus to promote the primary aim of the club in encouraging the selection and breeding of the best and most useful animals for the production of meat, and testing their capabilities in respect of early maturity.

The awards here summarized are quite distinct from those of silver medals which are given by the society in the case of articles possessing sufficient merit, which are entered as " new implements for agricultural or estate purposes."

Over the years TD 19629 won various GoF West awards and took home a Premier Award in San Diego in 1977.

The company walked off with the coveted accolades at the SC Magazine awards 2013 Europe.

The New York awards are the media industry's highest accolade.

Strong design and high standards are not a luxury to be employed in the hope of awards, accreditations or design community kudos.

The guidelines were paramount in order to ensure that the academic standards of awards are maintained.

The awards recognize achievements in the project work of students taking Design & Technology at Advanced Level.

The dive center has won awards for its service.

The biennial British Archeological awards are the most prestigious awards in British archeology.

While we have picked up numerous awards as Corporate Law Firm of the Year.

In addition, you should normally have 160 points from at least two 6-unit awards or one 12-unit award.

A bronze diploma was awarded to you and upon this your service record and awards for bravery noted.

Both got themselves six awards at the trade mag's annual bash in Las Vegas last night.

In its revised format the Awards became biennial taking place every two years.

Local authority grants - discretionary awards Local authorities distribute booklets detailing award policies.

Donal won two Royal Television Society Awards for a film on drug dealing by night club bouncers.

The annual Provincial Police Awards recognize bravery or devotion to civic duty in support of the police.

The Kent police Band performed at a police bravery awards ceremony held at 10 Downing Street recently.

The sexy brunette 's hair style at the Billboard Latin Music Awards was voted the Biggest Hair Trauma of 2005.

The awards ceremony is being held in the London on Thursday 12 October 2006.

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The Inside write awards are our annual prizes for the best use of plain English in documents written by civil servants for civil servants.

Recently a large number of further education colleges have shown interest in offering the Technical Awards.

The winners in 18 categories picked up their awards from TV comedian Rory Bremner.

The campaign was highly commended in the Charity Awards.

This year it includes their poetry competition awards, a Saturday street market and a book and craft fair.

It is expected that this co-ordination will significantly enhance the complementarity of Phase 1 awards.

Their work has won many awards, including three highly coveted Royal Television Society Awards.

Even more surprising is the absence of awards for ' Emperor ', the doyen of yellow trumpet daffodils.

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Are completely free off for insurers programfor decades the excessive jury awards.

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This also brings me to your closing comment about the '37 per cent decrease in ESRC quota awards ', which is also incorrect.

There is a clear demarcation of £ 10,000 in injury to feelings awards.

It may also inhibit the career development of those with NVQ awards.

At the same time breeders with a slightly different type of Welsh pig were winning awards in the Show ring.

Awards for All Awards for All is a lottery grants distributor aimed at local community projects.

Lately there has, however, been an upward drift in the level of awards.