perquisite vs reward

perquisite

noun
  • Any monetary or other incidental benefit beyond salary. 

  • A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class. 

  • A gratuity. 

reward

noun
  • Something of value given in return for an act. 

  • A prize promised for a certain deed or catch 

  • The result of an action, whether good or bad. 

verb
  • To give a reward to or for. 

  • To recompense. 

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