Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Maintenance in proper operation, condition, and repair.
- n. The cost of such maintenance.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Maintenance; support; specifically, the process of keeping up an industrial ‘plant,’ a machine, an institution, etc., at its condition of maximum efficiency, as by repair and renewal.
- n. The cost of such [keeping up, including all elements of operating expense, deterioration, interest, and the like.
Wiktionary
- n. maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair
- v. transitive, UK to maintain (something) or keep it in good repair
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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.
- n. the cost of providing upkeep{1}.
WordNet 3.0
- n. activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
- n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Etymologies
- A compound word from up + keep (Wiktionary)
Examples
“We don't have the cost of property taxes, we don't have the cost of insurance or of what I call upkeep, or any repairs either.”
“This also assumes that new buildings cost nothing in upkeep & operating costs.”
“If you are a beneficiary of "free" healthcare, take a look around at your neighbors, odds are that your upkeep is being paid for by one or more of them.”
“Sending kids to Bethesda without paying for their upkeep is not the same thing.”
Matthew Yglesias » At The Department of Forgotten Cabinet Secretaries
“I guess the upkeep is to large on the new building.”
Aurora's So-Called Corporation Counsel Alayne in Fantasyland
“State laws typically require cemeteries to maintain a certain cash reserve for long-term upkeep of the plots.”
“Between cost overruns and long-term upkeep, it will end up costing taxpayers a fortune -- and the illegal immigrants will just shift their border crossings to areas beyond the reach of the fence.”
“Far as I know you keep your connection to this force ringamarole stuff, and for added benefits you don't breath, any wounds automatically heal after a while (ditch that suit if you like) and best of all the upkeep is only killing minions for blood on a regular basis (and since you kill them anyway) you might as well use it.”
“The upkeep is more than I could ever imagine myself doing, or wanting to do.”
“When we sold the utility for $4.3 million, it was actually valued at the time for less than $300,000, so there's an influx of money - which certainly helps - but it saves you from the long-term upkeep costs," Ammirato said.”
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