[f. as prec. + -MENT; cf. OF. aguardement.] = AWARD sb.
1561. T. N[orton], Calvin’s Inst., I. vii. (1634), 21. To hang the credit that we have to the Scriptures upon the will and awardment of the Church.
1679. Penn, Addr. Prot., 153. Content with the awardment of such loss or gain as they the Arbitrators think equal.
1693. W. Robertson, Phraseol. Gen., 1167. They both stood to his awardment.
