Word: upkeep
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...FIRST reason is, alas, irreversible: it is simply that in the early days living arrangements for undergraduates were comparatively luxurious, since upkeep and wages were correspondingly low. It was possible to maintain such things as uncrowded suites and daily maid service and waitresses and choice of menus for a very low price. The Houses were built for that style of living, and the crowding in the original Houses which began in the late 1940s' in order to keep down the cost per student will always be a nagging psychological drawback which can be solved only by architectural changes...
...headed by Chancellor of the Exchequer Anthony Barber, to examine the royal family's financial plight. Its report provided Britons with a rare glimpse of budgetary problems at Buckingham Palace. Since 1952, the Queen's food costs have risen from $72,175 a year to $110,000, upkeep of the royal carriage horses from $11,103 to $28,770, and newspapers from $663 to an imposing...
...privy purse," about $750,000 a year in revenues from the Duchy of Lancaster, lands that Henry III seized from two rebellious barons in 1265. This revenue pays for the Queen's personal expenditures as head of state, including clothing (about $75,000 worth a year) and upkeep of Sandringham and Balmoral castles, which she owns outright...
...imperial family costs the National Treasury $10 million a year for upkeep, but not many Japanese seem to mind. An opinion survey conducted some years ago showed that 62% either "felt warmly inclined towards the Emperor" or "held him in worshipful regards." Many younger Japanese, however, unworshipfully refer to him as "Ten-chan," or "Heavenly...
...even a divergence of only a couple of percentage points--you go through the following process if these tendencies persist over a large number of years. You begin by reviewing the non-academic parts of the operation and you find that you can make certain cuts in maintenance and upkeep, and you can effectuate various economies in purchasing and in computer services and so forth. As the process continues, however, these economies are one-time economies and cannot be relied upon again. You may then find yourself cheating a little bit by simply deferring things that you're going...