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Defenition of the word maintenance

    • Defenition of the word maintenance

      • The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment.
      • Financial support provided after a separation or divorce by the financial stronger partner to the ex-partner.
      • court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
      • activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care"
      • means of maintenance of a family or group
      • the act of sustaining
      • the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"
      • activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
      • 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
      • the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

    Synonyms for the word maintenance

      • alimony
      • care
      • sustainment
      • sustenance
      • sustentation
      • upkeep

    Hyponyms for the word maintenance

      • camera care
      • car care
      • inspection and repair
      • overhaul
      • pump priming
      • scheduled maintenance
      • service
      • steam fitting

    Hypernyms for the word maintenance

      • actus reus
      • bread and butter
      • fix
      • fixing
      • fixture
      • keep
      • livelihood
      • living
      • mend
      • mending
      • misconduct
      • repair
      • reparation
      • support
      • support payment
      • sustenance
      • wrongdoing
      • wrongful conduct

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