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upkeep

English

Etymology

up +? keep

Noun

upkeep (usually uncountable, plural upkeeps)

  1. 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.
    • […] it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates.

Translations

Verb

upkeep (third-person singular simple present upkeeps, present participle upkeeping, simple past and past participle upkept)

  1. (transitive, Britain) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.
    Do you know how to upkeep a boat?

Translations

Anagrams

  • keep up

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sustenance

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French, from sustenir (14c) with the suffix -ance, from Vulgar Latin *sustenire, from Latin sustinere. Cf. also Late Latin sustinentia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?s?s.t?.n?ns/

Noun

sustenance (countable and uncountable, plural sustenances)

  1. Something that provides support or nourishment.

Related terms

  • subsistence

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