care, maintenance, upkeep
(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”
sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep
(noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; “they were in want of sustenance”; “fishing was their main sustainment”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
upkeep (usually uncountable, plural upkeeps)
Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.
upkeep (third-person singular simple present upkeeps, present participle upkeeping, simple past and past participle upkept)
(transitive, British) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.
• keep up
Source: Wiktionary
Up"keep`, n.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
