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the maintenance required to keep something in good working order

The old lady helped with the upkeep of the house.
Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot

He didn't bother with upkeep.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
These things were a man's job, he liked to say, proud of his own upkeep.
Junot Diaz -- Drown
He spent half a million (deductible) yen a month on its upkeep.
John Hersey -- Hiroshima
Zeke also told me that he had heard they were going to make me pay for the upkeep of the boat.
Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
"I'm not much for car upkeep simply for aesthetics' sake," he said.
Sarah Dessen -- Just Listen
I'm thinking I could just rent something, one of those streamlined efficiencies that wouldn't need any upkeep.
Anne Tayler -- A Spool of Blue Thread
He, and he in person, is responsible for the upkeep of that house for the next three years.
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
The minute Sue got her hands on a little money she'd give herself unendurable airs and never contribute one cent toward the upkeep of Tara.
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
The upkeep of that motor car alone must cost him quite a lot, said Septimus, when they got out into the street.
Virginia Woolf -- Mrs. Dalloway
All this involved the upkeep of registers and statistics, and Grand undertook the task.
Albert Camus -- The Plague
He pointed out the injustice of this policy, since the upkeep of the beaches comes from a gasoline tax.
John Howard Griffin -- Black Like Me
In her opinion, the firm should pay for our upkeep, but that's ridiculous.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
These days, the children share in the upkeep of Noah's house.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Wedding
Dark blue means scientist or researcher, and green means support staff—they do maintenance, upkeep, things like that.
Veronica Roth -- Allegiant
Was looking after the upkeep of the road, he declared.
Joseph Conrad -- Heart of Darkness
In fact, if necessary, I will contribute to the maintenance and upkeep of the professorship whatever sum is necessary to sustain my participation.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
He did not justify his kinsman's confidence, and even took the money given him for Yura's upkeep and spent it on himself.
Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
"Let me remind you," Barney Northrup said, "the rent here is cheaper than what your old house costs in upkeep."
Ellen Raskin -- The Westing Game
And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labor on the upkeep of hedges and gates.
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

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