Maintenance

What do we mean by maintenance?

The act of maintaining or the state of being maintained. noun

The work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep. noun

Provision of support or livelihood. noun

Means of support or livelihood. noun

The wrongful aiding of another in the pursuit or defense of a lawsuit, especially in jurisdictions where nonparties are legally prohibited to provide financial assistance. noun

The act of maintaining, keeping up, supporting, or upholding; preservation; sustentation; vindication: as, the maintenance of a family; the maintenance of right. noun

That which maintains or supports; means of livelihood. noun

Bearing; behavior. noun

In law noun

An officious intermeddling in a suit in which the meddler has no interest, by assisting either party with means to prosecute or defend it. This is a punishable offense at common law. noun

Formerly, a like intermeddling with the controversy of others, as to land, by wrongfully taking or holding possession in aid of one party. noun

In a more general sense, an interfering with the due course of justice. noun

Synonyms Justification, preservation.—2. Subsistence, Livelihood, etc. See living. noun

The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication. noun

That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences. noun

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. noun

Those actions required for the care of machinery, a building, etc., to keep it clean and in proper functioning condition, and to prevent or forestall damage due to normal use. noun

Payments, such as child support or alimony, to a dependent child not living with one or to a divorced wife. noun

See under Cap. noun

Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.

A tort committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.

Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.

Child support.

Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.

The natural process which keeps an organism alive.

Words that are spelled similarly to maintenance:
maintenance, maintenant, maintenances.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word maintenance:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe maintenance:
preventive, routine, proper, regular, term, low, poor, general, separate, less, periodic, adequate, corrective, continued, annual, better, preventative, future, ongoing, normal, deferred, easy, constant, successful, daily, self, inadequate, careful, effective, subsequent, necessary, basic, continuous, mere, organizational, frequent, minimum, predictive, permanent, cultural, minimal, efficient, planned, strict, easier, active, income, improper, sufficient, decent, comfortable, productive, minor, day, mechanical, unscheduled, resale, continual, based, bare, relational, line, overall, stable, reasonable, perpetual, expensive, extensive, due, costly, file, suitable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective maintenance:
free, work, costs, time, therapy, way, function, insomnia, policy, treatment, workers, men, organization, dose, structure, employees, problem, experiment, approach, laws, requirements, person, doses, items, cost, efforts, crew, activity, model, personnel, plan, process, period, membership, basis, materials, theory, patients, behavior, engineer, strategy, experiments, problems, production, dosage, areas, diet, woman, management, operation, activities, measures, requirement, engineers, fluids, supervisor, role, rehearsal, charges, mechanism, cover, lubrication, policing, scheme, issues, contract, lawns, provisions, agreement, programs, services, functions, expenses, concept, organizations, infusion, operations, set, dialysis, rules, alternative, regimen, labor, staff, grants, procedure, tasks, fees, actions, lifestyle.

Consonant match to maintenance:
mountenaunce.

Words that sound like maintenance:
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