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VocabJLPT N1

prize money

Noun

Definitions

1. prize money
2. monetary award

This noun means "prize money" or "reward money," referring to a cash prize given for winning a competition or for providing information that leads to capturing a criminal. It appears in contexts ranging from contests to bounties in action stories.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

According to the official announcement, the prize money is up twenty percent from last year.

Sentence 2

He probably just wants the prize money — I doubt he's actually passionate about it.

Sentence 3

How much prize money would it take for you to go all out?

Sentence 4

At the park event, there was a small prize for the kids.

Sentence 5

No way — lying just to get prize money is absolutely pathetic!