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prize
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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2009
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prize1
/ prīz/
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n.
a thing given as a reward to the winner of a competition or race or in recognition of another outstanding achievement:
the nation's most prestigious prize for contemporary art.
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a thing, esp. an amount of money or a valuable object, that can be won in a lottery or other game of chance:
the grand prize in the drawing |
[as adj.]
prize money.
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something of great value that is worth struggling to achieve:
the prize will be victory in the general election.
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chiefly hist.
an enemy ship captured during the course of naval warfare.
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adj.
(esp. of something entered in a competition) having been or likely to be awarded a prize:
prize onions
a prize bull.
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denoting something for which a prize is awarded:
a prize crossword.
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excellent of its kind; outstanding:
a prize example of how well organic farming can function.
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complete; utter:
you must think I'm a prize idiot.
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v. [tr.] (often be prized)
value extremely highly:
the berries were prized for their healing properties|
[as adj.] (prized)
the bicycle was her most prized possession.
prize2
(also prise)
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v.
another term for pry2 :
prizing open the door
he prized his left leg free.
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MURCHISON PRIZES
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 12/5/2009; 700+ words
; ...Winter. Year 9 and 10 prizes The Devonson Ltd Prize for application and achievement...Rimu McGrath. Year 11 prizes The Riversong Prize for application and achievement...Pearce. Year 12 and 13 prizes The Beechwoods Cafe Prize for consistent application...
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Prizes.(Announcements)
Magazine article from: American Studies International; 10/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...more than one MLA prize. Shipping labels...the names of the prizes for which the books...more than one MLA prize. Shipping labels...the names of the prizes for which the books...more than one MLA prize. Shipping labels...the names of the prizes for which the books...
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NELSON COLLEGE FOR GIRLS PRIZES
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 11/17/2000; 700+ words
; ...as anounced last night: SUBJECT PRIZES YEAR 11 Savage & Savage Chartered Accountants Prize for Accounting Anna Parker; PTA Prize for Alternative English Sarah Goodman; Ian McCully Builders Prize for Applied Mathematics Barbara Stephens...
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Prizes galore
Newspaper article from: The Manila Times; 10/18/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...He deserves one prize each for every year...history of Nobel Prizes, an individual has...deserves a World Chaos prizes he also deserves a 'Detainees Torturing Prize.' Former United...to create two more prizes - one for Osama and...Bush. To Osama the prize should be awarded...
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Prizes awarded to nineteen kids total $43,455. (Woman's Day/Ore-Ida "Family Ties for Small Fries" Storywriting contest)(includes list of prize winners) (NEWS ADVISORY) (Pre-Ida Foods Inc.)
PR Newswire; 8/28/1990; 700+ words
; ...DESKS AND LIFESTYLE EDITOR: PRIZES AWARDED TO NINETEEN KIDS TOTAL...finalists, including a grand prize winner, were selected to qualify for prizes totaling $43,455. Matthew...Texas, age 7, was the Grand Prize winner of a $25,000 zero...
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 "The People (London, England)")
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A PRIZE FOR EVERY READER; LUCKY BAGS ARE HERE... WITH THE CHANCE TO WIN A STAGGERING pounds 10,000; And that's GUARANTEED.(Competitions/Offers)
Newspaper article from: The People (London, England); 7/11/1999; 700+ words
; ...with the Mystery Prize panels printed on...another three mystery prizes. You may have won...won any of these prizes. STEP FIVE: If...instructions on your Mystery Prize panel as printed...miss your Mystery Prize. STEP EIGHT: Remember that some prizes will require you...
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PRIZES DOMAIN OFFERS INSTANT MILLION DOLLAR TOP PRIZE FOR USERS ON THE INTERNET
PR Newswire; 4/2/1996; 700+ words
; ...based division of RealTIME Prizes Network, Inc.(tm...today its launch of the "Prizes Domain" Web site, a first-of- a-kind, all prize network. RealTIME develops...according to RealTIME Prizes Network, Inc. President...
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Nelson College for Girls prize list
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 11/11/2005; 700+ words
; ...place-getters in all subjects. Subject prizes: PTA Prizes sponsored by the Nelson College for Girls Parent Teacher Association. Year 11: PTA Prize for English, Frankie Everitt; PTA Prize for Computer Studies, Francesca Harris...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Prizes still at a Premium.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 8/31/2005; 700+ words
; ...much is paid out in prizes from the draw depends on the return on the prize fund. This month...1 million jackpot prizes - before this month...sterling]1 million prize was awarded each...other end of the prize scale, there will...sterling]50,000 prizes next month, compared...
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Nobel Prizes honor Obama, digital imaging pioneers
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/9/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Obama will receive the peace prize in Oslo, Norway, in line with the 1895 will of prize founder Alfred Nobel. Nobel's will stipulates that the prizes, first awarded in 1901...controversial choice, the peace prize committee decided to award...
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prize money
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
prize money, the net proceeds from the sale of ships and goods captured in prize and condemned in an Admiralty Court. In Britain, all prize captured at sea was forfeit to the crown, and was known as Droits of the Crown. Droits of Admiralty...
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X Prize
Book article from: Space Sciences
...of the announcement of the Longitude prize, a practical clock was demonstrated...history of aviation contains hundreds of prizes that greatly advanced aircraft technology...aviation (and the one from which the X PRIZE is modeled) was the Orteig Prize...
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Nobel Prize
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...may be one or more years in which a prize or prizes may not be awarded; this has happened most often with the Peace Prize. See the tables entitled Nobel Prizes and Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred...
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Nobel Peace Prize
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...of the other Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Committee...x201D; ). Since the prize ’ s inception...Norwegian nationals. Prize recipients, therefore...Over the years prizes have been given to...Recipients of the prize have included government...when the first prizes were awarded to ...
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Prize Courts
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
PRIZE COURTS PRIZE COURTS derive their name...validity and disposition of "prizes," a term referring to...conducting seizures, the prize courts themselves are national...means of disposition of the prizes emanate from national law...
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