awarding

Definitions of awarding
  1. noun
    a grant made by a law court
    “he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court”
    synonyms: award
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    addiction
    (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
    type of:
    grant, subsidisation, subsidization
    the act of providing a subsidy
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