Definitions for upkeep

upkeep up·keep

Spelling: [uhp-keep]
IPA: /ˈʌpˌkip/

Upkeep is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in upkeep (eekppu).

Definitions for upkeep

noun

  1. the process or activity of providing an establishment, machine, person, etc., with necessary or proper maintenance, repairs, support, or the like:
  2. the total sum of the costs or expenses for this.

Origin of upkeep

First recorded in 1880-85; up- + keep

Examples for upkeep

All you have ever accepted is the laboratory you use, its upkeep, and a small annual income.

upkeep of the island has been pricey, but Sealand has found ways to pay the bills.

For the following 70 years, de Florian paid the rent and upkeep on the home without ever returning.

Readers, he once wrote, should be “as much interested in the upkeep of the papers as the managers and the editors are.”

But it is honourable to pay taxes for the upkeep of a good community.

What with Paliser Place, its upkeep and the rest of it, it must be a pittance.

In 1918 Congress made appropriations for its upkeep and development.

Hodge also criticized the Royal Household for not maintaining the upkeep of its royal properties, including Buckingham Palace.

The Master liked to talk of poetry, history, and the upkeep of courtesy.

At the same time, crucial investments have faltered, including for upkeep.

Word Value for upkeep
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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