prepayment vs waiver

prepayment

noun
  • A payment in advance. 

  • An asset recognized in respect an expense incurred in a period for which the benefit will be received in a future period. 

waiver

noun
  • Something that releases a person from a requirement. 

  • The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege. 

  • A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless). 

verb
  • To waive (to relinquish, to forego). 

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