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maintenance
[ meyn-tuh-nuhns ]
noun
- the act of maintaining:
the maintenance of proper oral hygiene.
- the state of being maintained:
the maintenance of friendly relations with England.
- care or upkeep, as of machinery or property:
With proper maintenance the car will last for many years.
- means of upkeep, support, or subsistence; livelihood:
to provide a comfortable maintenance.
- alimony or child support.
- 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.
adjective
- Pharmacology, Psychiatry. administered to sustain a desired physiological or mental condition:
maintenance dose.
maintenance
/ ˈmeɪntɪnəns /
noun
- the act of maintaining or the state of being maintained
- a means of support; livelihood
- modifier of or relating to the maintaining of buildings, machinery, etc
maintenance man
- 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
- law a provision ordered to be made by way of periodical payments or a lump sum, as after a divorce for a spouse
- 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
Other Words From
- non·mainte·nance noun
- pre·mainte·nance noun
- self-mainte·nance noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of maintenance1
Word History and Origins
Origin of maintenance1
Example Sentences
A lot of those emails, he says, are from school principals whose maintenance staff says the school should spend tens of thousands of dollars on high-tech HVAC systems.
You were happy because you dwell on my costs—in gas, vehicle maintenance, air quality, and lives—without appreciating the benefits I provide.
In the months since the pandemic cratered the price of oil, the financial fallout has spread from drilling companies to refineries and oilfield maintenance companies.
Right now, 25 percent of the franchise fee goes toward an environmental growth fund that’s supposed to help pay for park maintenance.
A separate site in Kearny Mesa, which the city began leasing in 2017 as a fire truck maintenance yard, has yet to service any actual fire trucks.
If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.
But no more so than the Sodexo building maintenance man or the two cops who were also killed in the crossfire.
Further, there are maintenance crews who have to fix those drones.
But they have high fixed costs—overhead, maintenance, staff, and power.
After construction, the pipeline would employ about 50 people, primarily for maintenance.
It was never the intention of the Federal Reserve Act that member banks should continue the maintenance of these reserve accounts.
That, in the light of present conditions, is the most important thing for the necessary maintenance and defense of these islands.
It also authorised the construction and maintenance, as p. 150part of such railways, of any pier, quay or jetty.
Ordinarily the motive of the wrongdoer is not material in determining his maintenance of a nuisance.
They were instructed in all kinds of trades, were housed, married, and their whole maintenance provided for.
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How Do You Spell Maintenance?
Spelling tips for maintenance
The word maintenance is hard to spell because it is spelled differently from the way it is pronounced [ meyn-tuh-nuhns ].
How to spell maintenance: To spell maintenance, break it down into three parts: main – ten – ance. The suffix -ance means roughly “action.”
When To Use
What are other ways to say maintenance?
Maintenance refers to care or upkeep, as of machinery or property, or to the means of upkeep, support, or subsistence. How is maintenance different from living and livelihood? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
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