prize prize

  • 31prize-winning — UK US /ˈpraɪzˌwɪnɪŋ/ adjective ► having won an important prize: »Visitors will have a chance to see the prize winning technology in action …

    Financial and business terms

  • 32prize-giving — prize .giving n BrE a ceremony at which people are given prizes, especially at a school ▪ the annual school prize giving ▪ a glittering prize giving ceremony …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33prize-winning — prize ,winning adjective * used for describing someone or something that has won an important prize: AWARD WINNING: a prize winning writer/novel …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 34prize fight — prize fights also prizefight N COUNT A prize fight is a boxing match where the boxers are paid to fight, especially one that is not official. Banning boxing would achieve nothing, and may result in worse injuries from illegal prize fights …

    English dictionary

  • 35prize day — UK US noun [countable] [singular prize day plural prize days] british a day at school when prizes are given to students for doing well in sports and in particular subjects Thesaurus: school or university yearhypony …

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  • 36prize out of — ˌprize ˈout of [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they prize out of he/she/it prizes out of present participle prizing out of past tense …

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  • 37Prize — Prize, v. t. To move with a lever; to force up or open; to pry. [Written also {prise}.] [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38prize fighter — prize fighters also prizefighter N COUNT A prize fighter is a boxer who fights to win money …

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  • 39prize# — prize n *premium, award, reward, meed, guerdon, bounty, bonus Analogous words: recompensing or recompense, compensation (see corresponding verbs at PAY): winning or winnings (see GET) Antonyms: forfeit prize vb value, treasure, cherish,… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 40prize money — prize′ mon ey n. 1) money offered, won, or received in prizes 2) a portion of the money realized from the sale of a prize, esp. an enemy s vessel, divided among the captors • Etymology: 1740–50 …

    From formal English to slang