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Maintenance

Maintenance Meaning & Definition
Maintenance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maintenance?

[n] activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care"
[n] the act of sustaining
[n] court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
[n] means of maintenance of a family or group

Synonyms | Synonyms for Maintenance: alimony | care | sustainment | sustenance | sustentation | upkeep

Related Terms | Find terms related to Maintenance: abidingness | age | aid | alimentation | alimony | allowance | antiquity | backing | bottling up | bread | care | carriage | carrying | conservancy | conservation | conservationism | constancy | continualness | continuance | continuation | continuity | contribution | corking up | daily bread | defeat of time | defiance of time | diuturnity | durability | durableness | duration | economic support | endowment | endurance | environmental conservation | extension | forest conservation | forest management | holding | holding in | inhibition | keep | keeping | lastingness | lengthening | livelihood | living | locking in | long standing | longevity | long-lastingness | long-livedness | maintaining | manna | meat | moral support | mothering | nourishment | nurture | paying the bills | perdurability | perennation | permanence | perpetuation | perpetuity | perseverance | persistence | prehension | preserval | preservation | price support | progress | progression | prolongation | protection | protraction | provision | psychological support | pursuance | reliance | repetition | repression | retainment | retention | retentiveness | retentivity | run | safekeeping | salt | salvage | salvation | saving | security blanket | soil conservation | stability | standing | standing treat | staying power | steadfastness | stipend | straight course | stream conservation | subsidization | subsidy | subsistence | subvention | support | supportive relationship | supportive therapy | suppression | survival | survivance | sustained action | sustaining | sustainment | sustenance | sustentation | tenacity | tender loving care | TLC | treat | uninterrupted course | unremittingness | upholding | upkeep | water conservation | way | wetlands conservation | wildlife conservation

See Also | bread and butter | camera care | car care | fix | fixing | fixture | inspection and repair | keep | livelihood | living | mending | overhaul | pump priming | repair | reparation | scheduled maintenance | service | steam fitting | support | support | support payment | sustenance

Maintenance In Webster's Dictionary

\Main"te*nance\, n. [OF. maintenance. See {Maintain}.] 1. The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication. Whatsoever is granted to the church for God's honor and the maintenance of his service, is granted to God. --South. 2. That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences. Those of better fortune not making learning their maintenance. --Swift. 3. (Crim. Law) 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}. --Wharton. {Cap of maintenance}. See under {Cap}.

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