Usually means: Maintenance or care of something.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. upkeep: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. upkeep: Merriam-Webster
  3. upkeep: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. upkeep: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. upkeep: Collins English Dictionary
  6. upkeep: Vocabulary.com
  7. Upkeep, upkeep: Wordnik
  8. upkeep: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. upkeep: Wiktionary
  10. upkeep: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. upkeep: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. upkeep: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. upkeep: Dictionary.com
  14. upkeep: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Upkeep: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. upkeep: Rhymezone
  17. upkeep: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. upkeep: FreeDictionary.org
  19. upkeep: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. upkeep: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. upkeep: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. upkeep: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.
verb:  (transitive, British) To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.

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