Hypertext Webster Gateway: "upkeep"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Upkeep \Up"keep`\, n.
The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance. ``Horse
artillery . . . expensive in the upkeep.'' --Scribner's Mag.
Small outlays for repairs or upkeep of buildings. --A.
R. Colquhoun.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
upkeep
n 1: activity involved in maintaining something in good working
order; "he wrote the manual on car care" [syn: {care}, {maintenance}]
2: the act of sustaining [syn: {sustenance}, {sustentation}, {sustainment},
{maintenance}]
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