award

prix, récompense

Un prix ou un honneur particulier donné à quelqu’un pour sa réussite.

En anglais simple : A prize or special honour given to someone for doing something well.

• She won an award.
• The school gives awards for excellent work.
• Who received the award for best actor?

Comment l'utiliser : an award for something (She received an award for her research.)

Synonymes : prize, honour, trophy

Expressions courantes : win an award, receive an award, annual award, achievement award

indemnité, dommages-intérêts

Une somme qu’un tribunal ordonne de verser à une personne qui a gagné son procès.

En anglais simple : Money that a court says someone must receive after winning a legal case.

• The court increased her award.
• He received a large award after the accident.
• The company appealed against the damages award.

Comment l'utiliser : an award of an amount (The court approved an award of ten thousand pounds.)

Synonymes : compensation, damages

Expressions courantes : damages award, compensation award, award of damages

décerner, attribuer

Donner officiellement un prix ou un honneur à quelqu’un pour sa réussite.

En anglais simple : To officially give someone a prize or honour because they have done something well.

• They awarded him a medal.
• The school awards scholarships to its best students.
• She was awarded a prize for her short story.

Comment l'utiliser : award someone something (The judges awarded her first prize.); award something to someone (They awarded the medal to a young swimmer.)

Synonymes : give, present, confer

Expressions courantes : award a prize, award someone something, award a medal

accorder, attribuer

Décider officiellement qu’une personne recevra de l’argent, un contrat ou un autre avantage.

En anglais simple : To officially decide that someone should receive money, a contract, or another benefit.

• The court awarded her damages.
• The city awarded the contract to our company.
• He was awarded fifty thousand pounds in compensation.

Comment l'utiliser : award someone something (The judge awarded him compensation.); award something to someone (The council awarded the contract to a local company.)

Synonymes : grant, allocate

Expressions courantes : award a contract, award someone damages, award compensation, award damages

attribuer des points

Donner des points pour une bonne réponse ou un travail réussi dans une épreuve.

En anglais simple : To give points for a correct answer or good work in a test.

• Award one point for each correct answer.
• The teacher awarded her full marks.
• No marks were awarded for the final question.

Comment l'utiliser : award marks/points for something (The teacher awarded two marks for the correct method.)

Synonymes : give, assign

Contraires : deduct

Expressions courantes : award marks, award full marks, award someone points