An award is a formal recognition.

Award also may refer to:

Honorable distinctions

  • Industrial award, a distinction in Australian labour law
  • Medal, an object struck to be given as an award (for example, the Medal of Honor)
  • Order (distinction), a distinction awarded by a sovereign state, monarch, dynastic royal house, or organization to a recipient, typically in recognition of individual merit
  • Prize, a reward given to a person or group to recognize and reward actions or achievements (for example, a Nobel Prize or Pulitzer Prize)

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