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maintenance

/ˈmeɪnt(ə)nəns/noun3 syllables

Maintenance means: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence.

Synonyms for maintenance7

noun, as in the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, upkeep

noun, as in activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

care, upkeep

noun, as in court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

alimony

noun, as in the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community

criminal maintenance

What does maintenance mean?5

noun

1

the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence“they were in want of sustenance”

2

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order“he wrote the manual on car care”

3

court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

4

the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community“unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit”

5

means of maintenance of a family or group

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Maintenance in a sentence

  • If you can't handle the pool maintenance, maybe we shouldn't have one at all.Amastan
  • The mobile guard serves in mobile gendarmerie squadrons, specializing in public order maintenance.Igider
  • We're having a short maintenance break, we'll be back shortly!unknown
  • The language website, tatoeba.org, was shut down temporarily for maintenance.DostKaplan
  • Tatoeba.org, a language website, was shut down temporarily for maintenance.DostKaplan
  • Owing to maintenance work, our website is currently unavailable.sundown
  • The police are responsible for the maintenance of law and order.CM
  • It is necessary to secure financing for local road maintenance.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of maintenance

as a noun

plural
maintenances