order

en-noun

order (countable and uncountable, plural orders)

→ Swahili: oda

From Middle English ordre, from Old French ordre, ordne, ordene (“order, rank”), from Latin ōrdinem, accusative of ōrdō (“row, rank, regular arrangement”, literally “row of threads in a loom”), from Proto-Italic *ordō (“to arrange”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂or-d-, from *h₂er-.
Related to Latin ōrdior (“begin”, literally “begin to weave”). In sense “request for purchase”, compare bespoke. Doublet of ordo.

cog

1911 [Cambridge University Press], William Burnside, Theory of Groups of Finite Order, 2nd Edition, Reprint, Dover (Dover Phoenix), 2004, page 222,
In this case, the conjugate set contains n(n − 1)/x(x − 1) distinct sub-groups of order m, and H is therefore self-conjugate in a group K of order x(x − l)m.

For various reasons it turns out to be better to enlarge this set of invariants to include suitable normalizers of subgroups of odd prime order.

2000, Michael Aschbacher, Finite Group Theory, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 260:

(set theory, of a set or algebraic structure) The number of elements contained within (the given object); formally, the cardinality (of the given object).


order

en-verb

order (third-person singular simple present orders, present participle ordering, simple past and past participle ordered)

orders (present singular third-person)
ordering (participle present)
ordered (participle past)
ordered (past)
order (infinitive)

We need to order them alphabetically.

(transitive) To set in some sort of order.

The books in the shelf need ordering.

(transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.

persons presented to be ordered deacons

1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC:

To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.


medal

medal (third-person singular simple present medals, present participle medaling or medalling, simple past and past participle medaled or medalled)

medals (present singular third-person)
medaling (participle present)
medalling (participle present)
medaled (participle past)
medaled (past)
medalled (participle past)
medalled (past)

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine derived via dissimilation (/dj–lj/ > /d–lj/) from mediālia, neuter plural of Late Latin mediālis (“middle”, adj), from Classical Latin medius.


award

From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.

(academia) Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.

A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.

រង្វាន់

rɔɔrŭəngvŏən

The AMIEU^([Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union]) first developed into a powerful organisation in the early years of the twentieth century, and after the first industry-wide collective agreement was made in 1911, collective bargaining prevailed in the industry until 1917, when the employers sought an award from the Queensland Industrial Court. The first award was issued on March 12, 1918.

1970, Kenneth Frederick Walker, Australian Industrial Relations Systems, page 242:

A further 17 per cent responded that the agreement replaced ‘most’ aspects of the award, leaving the large majority (67 per cent) claiming that the agreement replaced only ‘some’ aspects of the award.

2000, Mark Wooden, The Transformation of Australian Industrial Relations, page 42:

Employees whose pay is set by ‘award only’ are those who have their pay set by an award, and who are not paid more than the award rate of pay.

2007, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2007 Year book, Australia, page 182:

(Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.


decoration

en-noun

decoration (countable and uncountable, plural decorations)

/ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/

From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration.
Morphologically decorate + -ion

Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.


Oscar

French: oscariser

Exact origin uncertain. Resuscitated by James Mcpherson in The Works of Ossian (1765). Napoleon, an admirer of the Ossianic poems, chose it for his godson Oscar Bernadotte, who became a king of Sweden.
The modern given name is a conflation of two unrelated names: first, Middle Irish Oscar (the name of Fionn Mac Cumhaill's grandson in Irish mythology), from Middle Irish os (“deer”) + cara (“friend”); and second, Old English Ōscār, Ōsgār (personal name, literally “spear of the gods/spear of God”), from Old English ōs (“god”) and gār (“spear”) (see Oswald). Compare German Ansgar (personal name), Danish Asker, Asger (personal name), Norwegian Asgeir (personal name), Icelandic Ásgeir (personal name).
(Academy Award): Disputed. Said to have been named by actress Bette Davis after her first husband, Harmon Oscar Nelson, or by secretary Margaret Herrick after her cousin Oscar Pierce.


Victoria Cross

en-noun

Victoria Cross (plural Victoria Crosses)

"Padre, you should have a row of Victoria Crosses." "No, no, it was my duty."

1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations

The highest military award in the honours system of the United Kingdom, and some members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Its symbol is a form of cross pattée.


certificate

→ Punjabi: ਸਰਟੀਫਿਕੇਟ (sarṭīphikeṭ)

→ Welsh: stifficet

General Certificate of Secondary Education

A document containing a certified statement.

certifikatë

A document evidencing ownership or debt.

(education) A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.

(computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.

todiste

computing theory: information needed to verify a positive answer to a problem

public key certificate
public key certificate#English

(computing) Ellipsis of public key certificate.

The film is certificate 15.

(British, Ireland) A motion picture age rating.


certificate

en-verb

certificate (third-person singular simple present certificates, present participle certificating, simple past and past participle certificated)

certificates (present singular third-person)
certificating (participle present)
certificated (participle past)
certificated (past)

To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.


Nobel laureate

A person who has been awarded a Nobel Prize.


Nobel Prize

Any of the international prizes awarded annually by the Nobel Foundation for outstanding achievements in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for the promotion of world peace; or the prize in economics awarded by the Swedish National Bank, in memorial of Alfred Nobel.


Effie

Grey Advertising won gold Effies for General Foods' Dream Whip and Swift's Sizzlean, and a pair of gold Effies went to Ally & Gargano for MCI Telecommunications and Pentax.

(marketing) An annual award given for effective marketing.


Grammy

Any of the statuettes awarded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievements in the music industry.


insignia

From Latin īnsīgnia, nominative plural of īnsīgne (“emblem, token, symbol”). Doublet of ensign.

The little green men were clearly professional soldiers by their bearing, carried Russian weapons, and wore Russian combat fatigues, but they had no identifying insignia. Vladimir Putin originally denied they were Russian soldiers; that April, he confirmed they were.

2019 March 18, Steven Pifer, Five years after Crimea’s illegal annexation, the issue is no closer to resolution, The Center for International Security and Cooperation:

A patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization.

շքանշան

a patch or other object that indicates rank or membership

The former Protector tendered him the oaths, and presented him with the insignia of office, performing the ceremonies of installation.

1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:

A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction.

勛章

symbol or token of power, status, or office

But if autumn wear the insignia of nature's royalty, its purple and gold, in only the shaded lane or the green field with its one or two old trees, what is its more than eastern pomp in a wooded empire like the New Forest!

1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 80:

Rule 23: “The stress of love makes it hard to eat and sleep.” To these empirical laws we can add the various other insignia of love.

2006, P. Goodrich, The Laws of Love: A Brief Historical and Practical Manual, page 49:

(figurative) A mark or token by which anything is known.


trophy

trophy (third-person singular simple present trophies, present participle trophying, simple past and past participle trophied)

trophies (present singular third-person)
trophying (participle present)
trophied (participle past)
trophied (past)

From Middle French trophée, from Latin trophaeum (“a sign of victory, a monument”), tropaeum, from Ancient Greek τρόπαιον (trópaion, “monument of an enemy's defeat”), from neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaîos, “of defeat”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “a rout, a turning of an enemy”).

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He trophied at the 1993, 1994, 2012 and 2015 National Championships and was most proud of winning his class at the 2017 Spring Nationals.

2021, “Harold C. 'Todd' Freeman, III”, in Star Tribune:

(intransitive) To win a trophy in a competition.


Darwin Award

(humorous) One of the international honours awarded to people who supposedly help to improve the human gene pool by "removing themselves from it in a spectacularly stupid manner."


Pulitzer Prize

Established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher.

She won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on health care.

An annual American award given for journalism, literature, and music


Pulitzer

En-us-Joseph Pulitzer from U.S. pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg

He's won three Pulitzers in his career as a journalist.


Purple Heart

(chiefly US, military) A US military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those wounded or killed while serving on or after 5 April 1917.


silver medal

A medal made of, or having the color of, silver, given as a prize for finishing in second place.

銀牌

medal made of, or having the colour of, silver


gold medal

Great Britain has collected its first gold medal of the London Games after Heather Stanning and Helen Glover won the coxless pairs with a stunning performance that will spark a mass outpouring of celebration and relief across the country.

2012 August 1, Owen Gibson, “London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal”, in The Guardian Unlimited:

A medal made of, or having the color of, gold, given as a prize for winning.

金牌

medal made of, or having the colour of, gold


bronze medal

A medal made of, or having the color of, bronze, given as a prize for finishing in third place.

銅牌

medal made of, or having the colour of, bronze


awards ceremony

en-noun

awards ceremony (plural awards ceremonies)


Nobelist

(chiefly US) A person who has been awarded a Nobel Prize.


varsity letter

(US) An identifying initial of the academic institution that is awarded to a member of a varsity team. It is made from structured cloth, and intended to be sewn to a piece of clothing such as a varsity sweater or varsity jacket.


Order of Australia

The first step towards the new order came with the Whitlam Government of 1972-75. Proudly Australian, it abandoned imperial honours and introduced the Order of Australia.

2002, Owen Parnaby, Australia's First Rotary Club: A History of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, page 146:

On 26 January 1975, Australia Day, the Queen signed the Letters Patent founding the Order of Australia. The Governor General of Australia formally announced the new order in late February.

2005, Christopher McCreery, The Order of Canada: Its Origins, History, And Development, page 176:

I had a similar experience when from 1981 to 1992 I served as a member of the Order of Australia council, which made recommendations for awards in the Order of Australia.

2010, James Gobbo, Something to Declare: A Memoir, page 288:

(chiefly Australia, UK) An order of chivalry established for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement.


Order of Australia

Order of Australia (plural Orders of Australia)

Children′s lawyers do not earn six figure salaries, get appointed to company boards, or Orders of Australia.

2002, Law Institute of Victoria, Queensland Law Society, Law Institute Journal: The Official Organ of the Law Institute of Victoria, volume 76, page xiv:

This is manifestly the case with the issuing of Orders of Australia and similar honours.

2010, Ian Ward, Randal G. Stewart, Politics One, 4th edition, page 6:

It is a fantastically simple but effective piece of policy; the Treasury officials who thought of it deserve Orders of Australia.

2011, Paul Cleary, Too Much Luck, page 146:

(Australia, informal) An appointment made within the Order of Australia.


Razzie

A retarded sense of meta is achieved whenever Leto’s Chapman goes on about the phony theatrics of film actors, but it’s Lindsay Lohan, as über–Lennon fan Jude, who breaks your heart, looking convincingly horrified that she has three undeserved Razzies while Leto has none.

2008 March 25, Ed Gonzalez, “Chapter 27”, in Village Voice, retrieved 2020-11-16:

(film) A Golden Raspberry Award, an award given for poor performances in the film world.


George Cross

In the following month, driver Ben Gimbert and fireman Jim Nightall (posthumously) were awarded the George Cross, the highest honour the King could give civilians.

2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:

Britain's highest gallantry award for civilians and military personnel for actions which are not in the face of the enemy.

Australia's 2nd highest military award (no longer awarded)

New Zealand's 2nd highest military award


key to the city

key to the city (plural keys to the city)

An ornamental key sometimes given as a symbol of a freedom of the city.


Ig Nobel Prize

An informal humorous award to celebrate unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research.


Tedder certificate

Tedder certificate (plural Tedder certificates)

The certificates were issued in the name of Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder.

(historical) An award given to foreign citizens who assisted British service personnel to escape from German captivity in Western Europe during World War II.


Param Vir Chakra

(chiefly India, military) The highest military decoration awarded in India.


Nobel disease

According to many doctors, there was only one problem with [Linus] Pauling’s theories: they were all wrong. Pauling was afflicted with “Nobel disease,” a condition where a master in one field thinks he’s an authority in others, according to Dr. Steven Salzberg, professor of medicine and biostatistics at Johns Hopkins, and a frequent debunker of pseudoscience. “He wasn’t an expert in nutrition. He was just completely wrong about this. All the evidence says he’s wrong.”

2015, Jeff Wilser, The Good News About What's Bad For You..., page 53:

Thereafter, he [Luc Montaginer] appears to have contracted the 'Nobel disease', in which success apparently goes to the head of the erstwhile respected scientist, resulting in an embarrassing public embrace of crankery.

2018, Edzard Ernst, Kevin Smith, More Harm Than Good?: The Moral Maze of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, page 163:

Earned dogmatism might also further explain the bizarre claims of the scientists with "Nobel Disease" such as Kary Mullis.

2019, David Robson, The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes, unnumbered page:

(humorous or derogatory) The tendency of some Nobel laureates to advance pseudoscientific or fringe ideas, or to claim knowledge beyond their field of expertise.


Nobelitis

Relations between research labs in Cambridge England and Cambridge Massachusetts have been under considerable strain during the past few months. The strain has been said to derive from Nobelitis, a disease common in high-powered academic circles during the summer months. And the point at issue concerns who first solved the correct structure of transfer RNA (see this week's Monitor, p 709) – Aaron Klug and his colleagues in England, or Alexander Rich at MIT?

1974 September 19, Roger Lewin, “Transfer RNA researchers argue about 'borrowed' data”, in New Scientist, page 738:

Privately, many scientists were critical. "Hill has 'Nobel[-]itis,'" said an astronomer who prefered^([sic]) to remain anonymous. "He wants the Nobel so badly that he is jumping the gun."

1982 June 27, Chicago Tribune, page 149:

The Nobel looms like a coronation -- a personal and professional validation (to say nothing of the prize money itself, usually $1 million or more, and the potential for future financial gain). Symptoms of Nobelitis have been spotted even among fledgling scientists still in school.

1997 October 12, Gina Kolata, “Eye on the Nobel; They Should Give A Prize for Ambition”, in The New York Times:

(humorous or derogatory) An overriding or obsessive desire to win a Nobel Prize.