Associations to the word «Upkeep»

Wiktionary

UPKEEP, noun. Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.
UPKEEP, verb. (transitive) (British) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.

Dictionary definition

UPKEEP, noun. Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care".
UPKEEP, noun. The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King