Maintenance vs. Upkeep

Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service

(legal) A tort committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.

Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.

(legal) Child support.

Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.

(biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.

The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

Example: ‘Whatsoever is granted to the church for God's honor and the maintenance of his service, is granted to God.’;

That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.

Example: ‘Those of better fortune not making learning their maintenance.’;

An officious or unlawful intermeddling in a cause depending between others, by assisting either party with money or means to carry it on. See Champerty.

Those actions required for the care of machinery, a building, etc., to keep it clean and in proper functioning condition, and to prevent or forestall damage due to normal use.

Payments, such as child support or alimony, to a dependent child not living with one or to a divorced wife.

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;

Example: ‘he wrote the manual on car care’;

means of maintenance of a family or group

court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence;

Example: ‘they were in want of sustenance’; ‘fishing was their main sustainment’;

the process of preserving a condition or situation or the state of being preserved

Example: ‘crucial conditions for the maintenance of democratic government’;

the process of keeping something in good condition

Example: ‘car maintenance’; ‘essential maintenance work’;

the provision of financial support for a person's living expenses, or the support so provided

Example: ‘a chance of going to university with fees and maintenance paid’;

a husband's or wife's provision for their spouse after separation or divorce

Example: ‘a divorced man paying his ex-wife £2,500 a year maintenance’;

the offence of aiding a party in a legal action without lawful cause.

Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.

Example: ‘I would enjoy having a swimming pool, but I don't want to deal with the upkeep.’;

To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.

Example: ‘Do you know how to upkeep a boat?’;

The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance of persons, organizations, or objects such as machinery, by providing a location, repairs, and consumable items when necessary.

Example: ‘Small outlays for repairs or upkeep of buildings.’;

the cost of providing upkeep{1}.

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;

Example: ‘he wrote the manual on car care’;

the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence;

Example: ‘they were in want of sustenance’; ‘fishing was their main sustainment’;