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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin