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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne