payment vs upkeep

payment

noun
  • Antonyms: non-payment, nonpayment 

  • An instance of that act; a sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services, or the transaction that conveys it. 

  • The act of paying. 

upkeep

noun
  • Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition. 

verb
  • Do you know how to upkeep a boat? 

  • To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair. 

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