To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge
the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant
To determine; to make or grant an award.
To give (an award).
Four or five of these medals are awarded every year.
To give (a person) an award.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
The act of bestowing an award.
The act of giving by official decision such as giving a contract.