prize

Definitions

• That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
• (military) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
• An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
• That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
• Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
• (obsolete) A contest for a reward; competition.
• A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.