Noun
1. a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing;
"the wages of sin is death""virtue is its own reward"2. payment made in return for a service rendered
3. an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
4. the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property
5. benefit resulting from some event or action;
"it turned out to my advantage""reaping the rewards of generosity"