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A prize with paperwork — proof someone judged you better than your rivals.
means Something given officially, usually after judgment or comparison, to recognize achievement or settle a claim.
from From Anglo-Norman 'awarder,' meaning to decide or adjudge, which traces back to a Germanic root shared with 'ward' and 'guard' — the idea of watching over and deciding. So an award was originally a formal decision handed down by someone watching the case closely, before it narrowed to mean the prize that decision produced.
- legal twin
- Still means a court or arbitrator's binding decision
- oscar origin
- Nicknamed for resembling someone's uncle, allegedly
- nobel oddity
- Posthumous nominations once won before rules changed
- etymology cousin
- Shares root with ward, as in watching closely