upkeep   (TTS Sound)

The noun upkeep has 2 senses

• care, maintenance, upkeep -- (activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care")


• sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep -- (the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment")