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up⋅keep

  [uhp-keep]
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–noun
1. the process or activity of providing an establishment, machine, person, etc., with necessary or proper maintenance, repairs, support, or the like: The machine's faulty operation shows that no one has attended to its upkeep.
2. the total sum of the costs or expenses for this.
Origin:
1880–85; up- + keep
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up·keep   (ŭp'kēp')   
n.  
  1. Maintenance in proper operation, condition, and repair.
  2. The cost of such maintenance.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Upkeep

Up"keep`\, n. The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance. "Horse artillery . . . expensive in the upkeep." --Scribner's Mag.

Small outlays for repairs or upkeep of buildings. --A. R. Colquhoun.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : upkeep
Spanish: mantenimiento,
German: die Instandhaltung(-skosten,pl.),
Japanese: 維持費
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