A sum of money offered for taking or detecting a criminal, or for the recovery of anything lost, That which is given in return for good or evil done or received; esp., that which is offered or given in return for some service or attainment, as for excellence in studies, for the return of something lost, etc.; recompense; requital, Something of value given in return for an act, verb_ act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions, strengthen and support with rewards, bestow honor or rewards upon, transitive verb_ To give a reward to or for, To recompense, To give a reward to or for

the act or process of expending resources, especially money, to achieve rewards, the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit, verb_ Present participle of invest