reward

reward
A sum of money or other recompense offered by the government, a natural person, an association, or a corporation to the members of the public generally, or to persons of a particular class, for the performance of a particular service, such as the finding of a lost article of property, locating a missing person or a lost child, or the giving of information leading to the arrest of a person for a crime recently committed, and paid to a person for the performance of such service in accord with the offer and the conditions imposed in the offer. Zwolane v Becker Mfg. Co. 150 Wis 517, 137 NW 769. The words "reward," and "bounty" are nearly allied in meaning. Reward is said to be the appropriate term to apply the case of a single service, which can be only once performed, and, therefore, will be earned only by the person or co-operating persons who succeed while others fail, while the term bounty applies where the services or action of many persons are desired and each who acts upon the offer may entitle himself to the promised gratuity without prejudice from or to the claims of others. Ingrain v Colgan, 106 Cal 113, 39 P 437.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • Reward — Re*ward , n. [See {Reward}, v., and cf. {Regard}, n.] 1. Regard; respect; consideration. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Take reward of thine own value. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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