beverage vs ration

beverage

noun
  • A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, usually excluding water. 

ration

verb
  • To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something. 

  • To restrict (an activity etc.) 

  • To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to. 

noun
  • A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group. 

How often have the words beverage and ration occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )