Awarding

Definition: Awarding

Awarding

Noun

1. A grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "awarding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references)

Synonym: Awarding

Crosswords: Awarding

Books

• Awarding College Credit for Non-College Learning: A Guide to Current Practices (reference)

• British Vocational Qualifications: A Directory of Vocational Qualifications Available from All Awarding Bodies in Britain (reference)

• Criteria for awarding school leaving certificates : an international discussion : based on the proceedings of the 1977 conference of the International Association for Educational Assessment, held at the Kenyatta Conference Center, Nairobi, May 23-28, 1977 (reference)

• Designing Omnibus Stock Plans: An Approach to Awarding Incentives (reference)

• Supplemental Damages in Private International Law: The Awarding of Interest, Attorneys' Fees and Costs, Punitive Damages and Damages in Foreign curre (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Caption: Charles Edison Awarding Souvenir Medals to Gordon Burns and Joseph Kingsbury, Former Edison Scholarship Contestants, on the Tenth Anniversary of the 1930 Competition; West Orange, NJ; August 24, 1940; {13.200/52} (jpg).

U. S. Army Base Hospital Number 3, Vauclaire, France. : Major Baeler awarding D.S.C. to Sgt. Hart. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Awarding the blue ribbon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Keysville, Virginia. Randolph Henry High School. Awarding Victory Corps insignia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Enactment of uniform regulations for awarding worker's compensation for occupational hearing loss would stimulate employers' interest in achieving effective hearing conservation programs. (references)

Business

Each law has its own specifications for awarding a contract. (references)

Product reliability, price, service, and reputation have a major bearing on the awarding of contracts. (references)

The EPC contractor or the company awarding the contract has the option to decide the type of equipment required. (references)

Children

Japan

The Health, Labor, and Welfare Ministry started awarding licenses for these professions on a case-by-case basis in July. (references)

Civil Liberties

South Africa

The Minister of Telecommunications has a direct role in the awarding of telecommunication-service licenses. (references)

Burundi

These exemptions are negotiated with the Finance Ministry on a case-by-case basis, and there is no indication of religious bias in the awarding of such exemptions. (references)

Discrimination

Malaysia

For example, government policies give preferences to ethnic Malays in housing, home ownership, the awarding of government contracts, educational scholarships, and other areas. (references)

Economic History

Botswana

The lowest offer, though attractive, may not be the leading criteria for awarding a tender. (references)

Bolivia

Both the price and the quality of the product/service will be considered when awarding the contract. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

In 1997 President Cardoso signed a decree awarding reparations to the families of 43 such persons. (references)

Mauritania

In addition in awarding an indemnity to the family of a woman who has been killed, the courts grant only half the amount that they would award for a man's death. (references)

Guatemala

In November during an audience with the Court to discuss the awarding of damages for psychological trauma caused by the disappearance and death of her spouse, Jennifer Harbury asked that the Government be ordered to relinquish Bamaca's remains. (references)

Minorities

Iran

The legal system discriminates against minorities, awarding lower compensation awards in injury and death lawsuits and imposing heavier punishments than on Muslims. (references)

Nigeria

The law prohibits religious discrimination; however, officials sometimes discriminated against adherents of religions other than their own in hiring practices and in the awarding of state contracts. (references)

Political Economy

Denmark

The first is the system of awarding seats on the basis of proportional representation. (references)

Trade

Argentina

If the equipment is destined to public works, the importer must present a certificate issued by the awarding authority. (references)

Kuwait

The contract was awarded to the National Real Estate Company (NREC) in the fall of 1996. On May 17, 1998, the Cabinet approved awarding and signing the agreement which gives the government 80 percent of the profits if NREC utilizes the Port Authority's facilities and only 10 percent if it does not. (references)

Women

Guinea

Divorce laws generally tend to favor men in awarding custody and dividing communal assets. (references)

Worker Rights

Burma

Foreign firms generally set wages near those of the domestic private sector but followed the example of joint ventures in awarding supplemental wages and benefits. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Ending with "awarding": degree-awarding, grant-awarding.

Arabic 

‏منحة (bestowal, conferment, donation, endowment, giving, granting, presenting). (various references)

Chinese 

授予 (Awarded, give, Vested, Vesting). (various references)

Danish

afledning af overfladevand(daglig nedboer)i laengderetningen kraever accept fra bygherren (permission must be obtained from the awarding authority to divert surface water in a longitudinal direction), overdragelse af byggeorganisation (awarding of a management contract), ordregivend myndighed (awarding organization), direktiv af 26.juli 1971 om samordning af fremgangsmaaderne med hensyn til indgaaelse af offentlige bygge-og anlaegskontrakter (Directive of 26 July 1971 coordinating the procedures for awarding public works contracts), bygherre (awarding authority, builder, building owner, client, constructor, developer, owner, promoter). (various references)

Dutch

aanbesteder (awarding organization), aanbestedend lichaam (awarding organization), voor het afvoeren van het oppervlaktewater in de lengterichting moet de opdrachtgever toestemming verlenen (permission must be obtained from the awarding authority to divert surface water in a longitudinal direction), taks voor de vaststelling van de kosten (fee for the awarding of costs), richtlijn van 26 juli 1971 betreffende de coördinatie van de procedures voor het plaatsen van overheidsopdrachten voor de uitvoering van werken (Directive of 26 July 1971 coordinating the procedures for awarding public works contracts), principaal (awarding authority, building owner, owner, principal), opdrachtgever (awarding authority, building owner, client, drawer, initiator, instructing party, ordering customer, originator, owner, principal, transferor), NBB (national grant awarding agency, NGAA), Nationaal Beurzenbureau (national grant awarding agency, NGAA), modelbeschikking exploitatiesubsidie (specimen decision awarding an operating grant), maatstaf voor kredietverschaffing (yardstick for awarding credits), directievoering van de werkzaamheden (awarding of a management contract), de tunnelmethode en de doorpersmethode bij het leggen van leidingen mogen slechts met toestemming van de opdrachtgever worden toegepast (tunnelling and thrust-bore methods of pipe-laying may only be employed with the permission of the awarding authority), beschikking tot subsidieverlening (decision awarding the grant). (various references)

French

administration (awarding authority), agence nationale pour l'administration des bourses (national grant awarding agency), ANAB (national grant awarding agency), fixation des frais par le greffe (awarding of costs by the registry), critère d'adjudication (criterion for awarding the contract), décision de la division d'opposition sur la fixation des frais par le greffe (decision by the Opposition Division on the awarding of costs by the registry), étalon d'allocation des crédits (yardstick for awarding credits), directive du 26 juillet 1971 portant coordination des procédures de passation des marchés publics de travaux (Directive of 26 July 1971 coordinating the procedures for awarding public works contracts), taxe de fixation des frais (fee for the awarding of costs), la Cour peut,en accordant une réparation au requérant,assurer la sauvegarde des droits qu'il tire du traité (by awarding the applicant compensation), l'évacuation longitudinale des eaux de ruissellement ne peut se faire qu'avec l'accord du Maître de l'ouvrage (permission must be obtained from the awarding authority to divert surface water in a longitudinal direction), l'attribution de bourses d'études (awarding of fellowships), les procédés de mise en place des conduites par galeries et fonçage horizontal ne peuvent être utilisés qu'avec l'accord du Maître de l'ouvrage (tunnelling and thrust-bore methods of pipe-laying may only be employed with the permission of the awarding authority), maître de l'ouvrage (awarding authority), organisme adjudicateur (awarding organization), dévolution des missions de maîtrise d'oeuvre (awarding of a management contract). (various references)

German

auszeichnung (accolade, award, décor, decoration, distinction, honor, honoring, honour, honouring, labeling, mark up, marking, pricing, prize, renown, ticket), zuerkennung (accordance, bestowing, conferring, granting, imposition), verleihung (award, bestowal, bestowment, conferment, enfranchisement, hire, hiring, investiture, investment, lending, lending out, loan, loaning, presentation, rental, renting). (various references)

Greek 

Οι μέθοδοι τοποθέτησης αγωγών μέσω σηράγγων ή οριζοντίων διατρήσεων,δεν μπορούν να εφαρμοστούν παρά μόνο με σύμφωνη γνώμη της αναθέτουσας (tunnelling and thrust-bore methods of pipe-laying may only be employed with the permission of the awarding authority), αναθέτουσα αρχή (awarding organization), Η κατά μήκος απαγωγή των υδάτων απορροής δεν μπορεί να γίνει παρά μόνο με σύμφωνη γνώμη της αναθέτουσας αρχής. (permission must be obtained from the awarding authority to divert surface water in a longitudinal direction). (various references)

Hungarian

megítélés (adjudication, discretion, discrimination, judgement, judgment, opinion, summing up). (various references)

Italian

autorit� aggiudicatrice (awarding organization), assegnazione di incarichi di direzione dei lavori (awarding of a management contract), ANAB (national grant awarding agency, NGAA), Agenzia nazionale per l'Amministrazione delle Borse (national grant awarding agency, NGAA), proprietario della costruzione (awarding authority, building owner, owner), per lo smaltimento delle acque meteoriche nel senso longitudinale occorre il consenso del committente (permission must be obtained from the awarding authority to divert surface water in a longitudinal direction), il sistema a galleria e ad avanzamento con frese orizzontali puo'essere adottato dalla direzione dei lavori solo col benestare del committente (tunnelling and thrust-bore methods of pipe-laying may only be employed with the permission of the awarding authority), direttiva 26 luglio 1971,che coordina le procedure di assegnazione degli appalti pubblici per lavori (Directive of 26 July 1971 coordinating the procedures for awarding public works contracts), committente (buyer, client, customer, orderer). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

表彰 (commendation, public acknowledgment, public recognition). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひょうしょう (commendation, emblem, ensign, expressing, first tone in old Chinese phonetics, ice crystals, ice sheet, making clear, mark, public acknowledgment, public recognition, symbol). (various references)

Korean 

수여 (Bestowal, Bestowment, Conferring, Granting). (various references)

Pig Latin

awardingay

Portuguese

ANAB (national grant awarding agency, NGAA), agência nacional para a administração das bolsas (national grant awarding agency, NGAA), administração (administration, direction, management, march, running, stewardship, streamline, trusteeship), a evacuação longitudinal das águas correntes não pode ser feita sem autorização do responsável pela obra (permission must be obtained from the awarding authority to divert surface water in a longitudinal direction), processo por galeria:processo por escavação horizontal.Os processos de colocação das condutas por galerias e escavação horizontal só devem ser utilizados com o acordo do mestre de obras (tunnelling and thrust-bore methods of pipe-laying may only be employed with the permission of the awarding authority), organismo adjudicante (awarding organization), dono da obra (awarding authority, building owner, client, owner). (various references)

Spanish

atribución (ascription, assignation, attribution), concesión (allowance, award, bestowal, concession, conferment, dealership, grant, granting, putting). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "awarding": misawarding. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Awarding" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Anwaruddin, awaring, Carwardine, Cawardine. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: drawing, warding.

-2 letters: daring, dawing, gradin, inward, radian, wading, waring.

-3 letters: again, agria, award, awing, dinar, diwan, drain, drawn, garni, grain, grana, grand, grind, nadir, naiad, naira, ranid, rawin, wigan, wrang, wring.

-4 letters: agar, agin, airn, anga, aria, arid, dang, darn, dawn, ding, drag, draw, gadi, gain, gird, girn, gnar, gnaw, grad, gran, grid.

+3 letters: misawarding.