Usually means: Recognition for achievements, excellence, contributions.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word awards:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. awards: Merriam-Webster
  2. awards: Collins English Dictionary
  3. awards: Vocabulary.com
  4. Award's, Awards, award's, awards: Wordnik
  5. awards: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. awards: Wiktionary
  7. AWARDS: Dictionary.com
  8. awards: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Awards: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. awards: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. awards: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. awards: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. awards: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AWARDS: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. awards: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (award)

noun:  (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
noun:  (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
noun:  (academia) Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
noun:  A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
noun:  (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.
verb:  (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
verb:  (transitive) To give (an award).
verb:  (transitive) To give (a person) an award.
verb:  (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
verb:  (transitive, British, education) (in an examination) To give marks for a correct answer.
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