Upkeep

Noun

 * 1) maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good repair
 * I would enjoy having a swimming pool, but I don't want to deal with the upkeep.

Verb

 * 1)  to maintain (something) or keep it in good repair
 * Do you know how to upkeep a boat?

Thesaurus
TLC, 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, upholding, water conservation, wetlands conservation, wildlife conservation

Etymology
A compound word from up + keep

Noun

 * Dutch: onderhoud
 * Finnish:, , ylläpito
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Italian: manutenzione
 * Russian: ,

Verb

 * Finnish: huoltaa, pitää kunnossa
 * Italian: manutenere


 * Russian: содержать в исправности, проводить техническое обслуживание

Anagrams

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