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Definitions for Maintenance
[1] the act of maintaining: the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
[2] the state of being maintained: the maintenance of friendly relations with England.
[3] care or upkeep, as of machinery or property: With proper maintenance the car will last for many years.
[4] means of upkeep, support, or subsistence; livelihood: to provide a comfortable maintenance.
[5] alimony or child support.
[6] Law . an officious meddling in a suit in which the meddler has no interest, by assisting either party with means to prosecute or defend it.
[7] Pharmacology , Psychiatry . administered to sustain a desired physiological or mental condition: maintenance dose.
[8] the act of maintaining or the state of being maintained
[9] a means of support; livelihood
[10] (modifier) of or relating to the maintaining of buildings, machinery, etc maintenance man
[11] law (formerly unlawful) the interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it, as by providing funds to continue the action See also champerty
[12] law a provision ordered to be made by way of periodical payments or a lump sum, as after a divorce for a spouse
[13] computing the correction or prevention of faults in hardware by a programme of inspection and the replacement of parts the removal of existing faults and the modification of software in response to changes in specification or environment
Words related to Maintenance
supply, conservation, upkeep, preservation, care, aliment, continuation, bacon, livelihood, alimony, living, alimentation, resources, food, subsistence, provision, bread, continuance, wherewithal, keeping
Words nearby Maintenance
mainstreeting, maintain, maintained school, maintainer, maintainor, maintenance, maintenance and cure, maintenance drug therapy, maintenance of membership, maintenance-free, maintenon
Origin of Maintenance
1275–1325; Middle English maintenaunce < Middle French maintenance. See maintain, -ance
Other words from Maintenance
non·main·te·nance , noun
pre·main·te·nance , noun
self-main·te·nance , noun
Word origin for Maintenance
C14: from Old French; see maintain
Synonyms for Maintenance
care, conservation, preservation, supply, upkeep, aliment, alimentation, alimony, allowance, bacon, bread, continuance, continuation, food, keep, keeping, livelihood, living, nurture, prolongation, provision, repairs, resources, salt, subsistence, sustainment, wherewithal, bread and butter, carrying, retainment, sustaining, sustention