Dictionary

1. (

• care ,
• maintenance ,
• upkeep

) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care" ;

2. (

• sustenance ,
• sustentation ,
• sustainment ,
• maintenance ,
• upkeep ,

) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment" ;