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consolation prize

a prize given to a contestant who does well but does not win, or who wins in a match for those previously defeated

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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