upkeep en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From up + keep.
Meanings
-
(uncountable, usually) Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.
[…] it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:The story of upkeep has been never-ending. Between 1997-2000, a major programme of maintenance entailed replacing superstructure timbers - 50 main rail beams were replaced with greenheart, along with a similar number of edge beams.
2020 August 12, Andrew Mourant, “The tide is turning for a Victorian wonder”, in Rail, page 51:I would enjoy having a swimming pool, but I don't want to deal with the upkeep.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| upkeeps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (25)
es manutención (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · fi ylläpito (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · gl mantemento (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · nn vedlikehald (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · it manutenzione (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · fr entretien (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · de Wartung (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · es mantención (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · da vedligehold (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · ru содержа́ние (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · sv underhåll (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · ru обслу́живание (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · sk údržba (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · eo bontenado (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · nl onderhoud (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · fi kunnossapito (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · es mantenimiento (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · pt manutenção (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · la tuitiō (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · de Pflege (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · de Unterhalt (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · de Instandhaltung (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · nb vedlikehold (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · bg поддръжка (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair) · fi huolto (maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair)