upkeep
Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working conditionMaintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.
» The upkeep of my carpet is exhausting.
frzzl · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.
I would enjoy having a swimming pool, but I don't want to deal with the upkeep.
Wartung, Instandhaltung, Unterhalt
обслу́живаниеobslúživanije, содержа́ниеsoderžánije
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
Examples
5 sentencesThe upkeep of my carpet is exhausting.
The upkeep alone is no small cost.
The regular upkeep of our servers is paramount to ensuring high uptime.
deDie regelmäßige Wartung unserer Server ist von höchster Wichtigkeit, um hohe Erreichbarkeit zu gewährleisten. — Yorwba
Upkeep on castles costs a lot.
It's not the initial cost that worries me. It's the upkeep.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From up + keep.From up + keep.
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Forms
plural: upkeeps| Singular | upkeep |
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uncountable
Synonyms
5 synonyms- activity involved in maintaining something in good working order:caremaintenance
- the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence:sustenancesustentationsustainmentmaintenance
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.