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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
/ ˈɪԳɪəԲ /
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 Word Forms
- nonmaintenance noun
- premaintenance noun
- self-maintenance noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of maintenance1
Word History and Origins
Origin of maintenance1
Example Sentences
As the young women marched, several Latino maintenance workers snaked a power hose across the Federal Building steps, paying no mind to the heavily-armed National Guard soldiers as they sprayed away graffiti.
MV Caledonian Isles was initially taken out of service in January last year after routine annual maintenance revealed serious steel corrosion.
The zoo initially announced it was closed on Tuesday due to "an urgent maintenance issue", Belfast Live reported before it was later confirmed that E.coli had been detected.
"Anything is on the table and if that helps in terms of the betterment and maintenance of Test cricket then absolutely we should be looking at doing that," Barclay said.
It could lead to the protection of wildlife corridors — for mountain lions, bears and other local critters — as well as better maintenance of trails, according to supporters.
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When To Use
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."
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