'Upkeep' definitions:
Definition of 'upkeep'
(from WordNet)
noun
Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care" [syn: care, maintenance, 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" [syn: sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep]
Definition of 'Upkeep'
From: GCIDE
- Upkeep \Up"keep`\, n.
- 1. The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance of persons, organizations, or objects such as machinery, by providing a location, repairs, and consumable items when necessary. "Horse artillery . . . expensive in the upkeep." --Scribner's Mag. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
- Small outlays for repairs or upkeep of buildings. --A. R. Colquhoun. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. the cost of providing upkeep[1]. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'upkeep'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aid,
- backing,
- bread,
- care,
- carriage,
- carrying,
- conservancy,
- conservation,
- conservationism,
- daily bread,
- economic support,
- endowment,
- environmental conservation,
- expenditure,
- forest conservation,
- forest management,
- keep,
- keeping,
- livelihood,
- living,
- maintenance,
- manna,
- meat,
- moral support,
- mothering,
- nourishment,
- nurture,
- operating costs,
- operation,
- outlay,
- overhead,
- preserval,
- preservation,
- price support,
- protection,
- provision,
- psychological support,
- reliance,
- repair,
- running,
- safekeeping,
- salvage,
- salvation,
- saving,
- security blanket,
- soil conservation,
- stream conservation,
- subsidization,
- subsidy,
- subsistence,
- subvention,
- support,
- supportive relationship,
- supportive therapy,
- sustaining,
- sustainment,
- sustenance,
- sustentation,
- tender loving care,
- TLC,
- upholding,
- water conservation,
- wetlands conservation,
- wildlife conservation