consolation prize

Definitions

An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.

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Examples

“The row started over who will run⟳ for parliament in a wealthy rightwing constituency on the left bank in Paris, a safe seat for Sarkozy's ruling UMP. Dati is already a local mayor in the neighbourhood, a job felt to have⟳ been handed to her on a plate when she was a Sarkozy favourite. She has since fallen from grace, and when she left government she took a European parliament seat, considered a consolation prize.”

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