Maintenance vs. Upkeep

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

(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.

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

(legal) Child support.

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

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.

Maintenancenoun

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.

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;

Maintenancenoun

means of maintenance of a family or group

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

the process of keeping something in good condition

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

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

Maintenancenoun

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

Upkeepnoun

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

Upkeepverb

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

Upkeepnoun

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.

Upkeepnoun

the cost of providing upkeep{1}.

Upkeepnoun

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;

Upkeepnoun

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