Noah Webster
Award
AWARD', verb transitive [See Guard and Regard.]
To adjudge; to give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign by sentence. This word is appropriately used to express the act of arbitrators in pronouncing upon the rights of parties; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to adjective B.
AWARD', verb intransitive To judge; to determine; to make an award
AWARD', noun
1. The judgment, or determination of arbitrators, or the paper containing it.
2. Judgment; sentence; determination of points submitted to arbitrators.