Cost and Upkeep

Cost

Cost noun - A payment made in the course of achieving a result.

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Upkeep and cost are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upkeep" instead a noun "Cost".

Nearby Words: costly, costless, costing, costliness

Upkeep noun - The act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition.

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Cost and upkeep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cost" instead a noun "Upkeep".

high	high cost	high upkeep
full	full cost	full upkeep
low	low cost	low upkeep
normal	normal cost	normal upkeep
Other adjectives: initial, massive, lower, minimal, significant, greater, double, higher, added, monthly.

The biggest side seen in the series so far, Haffaton, turned out to have a negligible defense even against a tiny side (of pacifists) simply because they couldn't afford the cost and upkeep of units.

Source: Unwinnable by Design
It gives you increasing amounts of mana at the start of your upkeep, and by its mana given/casting cost ratio is one of the best mana accelerants ever made.

Source: Be Careful What You Wish For
Subsequent games revert to the original game's model (no SP upkeep), but there's a series of processor units in VII that greatly increase the effectiveness of HDD at the cost of introducing SP upkeep.

Source: Video Game / Neptunia

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