n.
 a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement. 
▸a fair return for good or bad behaviour.
 ▸a sum offered for the detection of a criminal, the restoration of lost property, etc.
v.
 give a reward to. 
▸show one's appreciation of (an action or quality) by making a gift.
 ▸
(be rewarded)
 receive what one deserves.
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - go to one's reward
 euphemistic die. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., var. of OFr. reguard ‘regard, heed’, also an early sense of the Engl. word.