make ends meet vs pay the rent

make ends meet

verb
  • To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday). 

pay the rent

verb
  • To provide enough income to afford a place to live. 

  • To provide reparation or compensation to Indigenous Australians based on the claim that the country is theirs. 

How often have the words make ends meet and pay the rent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )