Maintenance

Main′te-nance

,

Noun.

[OF.

maintenance

. See

Maintain

.]

1.

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

Whatsoever is granted to the church for God’s honor and the

maintenance

of his service, is granted to God.

South.

2.

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

Those of better fortune not making learning their

maintenance

.

Swift.

3.

(Crim. Law)

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

.

Wharton.

Cap of maintenance

.

See under

Cap

.

Maintenance

MA'INTENANCE

,

Noun.

Sustenance; sustentation; support by means of supplies of food, clothing and other conveniences; as, his labor contributed little to the maintenance of his family.

1.

Means of support; that which supplies conveniences.

Those of better fortune not making learning their maintenance.

2.

Support; protection; defense; vindication; as the maintenance of right or just claims.

3.

Continuance; security from failure or decline.

Whatever is granted to the church for God's honor and the maintenance of his service, is granted to God.

4.

In law, an officious intermeddling in a suit in which the person has no interest, by assisting either party with money or means to prosecute or defend it. This is a punishable offense. But to assist a poor kinsman from compassion, is not maintenance.

maintenance

English

Alternative forms

maintenaunce

Noun

maintenance ‎(usually uncountable, plural maintenances)

Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service
(law) 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.
(law) (UK English) Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
(law) Child support.
Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
(biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.

Related terms

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Translations

keeping a machine or system in service

Arabic: صِيَانَة f ‎(ṣiyāna)
Catalan: manteniment m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 保養 (zh), 保养 (zh) ‎(bǎoyǎng), 維持 (zh), 维持 (zh) ‎(wéichí), 保守 (zh) ‎(bǎoshǒu)
Czech: údržba (cs) f
Danish: vedligeholdelse c
Dutch: onderhoud (nl) n, handhaving (nl) f
Estonian: hooldus
Finnish: kunnossapito (fi)
French: entretien (fr) m, maintenance (fr) f
Galician: mantemento (gl) m
German: Instandhaltung (de) f, Wartung (de) f
Hungarian: szerviz (hu), karbantartás (hu)
Irish: coinneáil f
Italian: manutenzione (it) f
Japanese: 保守 (ja) ‎(hoshu), 維持 (ja) ‎(iji)

Korean: 보존 (ko) ‎(bojon)
Kurdish:
Sorani: خزمه‌ت ‎(xizmet)
Macedonian: одржување n ‎(održuvanje)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: vedlikehold n

Nynorsk: vedlikehald n
Polish: konserwacja f
Portuguese: manutenção (pt) f
Russian: обслу́живание (ru) n ‎(obslúživanije), ремо́нт (ru) m ‎(remónt)
Scottish Gaelic: gleidheadh m, cumail suas f
Serbo-Croatian: održavanje n
Spanish: mantenimiento (es) m
Swedish: underhåll (sv) n
Tagalog: panataman
Turkish: bakım (tr)

tort

Danish: hævdelse c, forsvar n

legal: payment made to a spouse after a divorce — see alimony

child support — see child support

money to provide for the means of living

Finnish: elantokustannukset pl

Maori: moni oranga

process of keeping an organism alive

Finnish: elintoimintojen ylläpito
French: maintenance (fr)
Italian: mantenimento (it)

Portuguese: mantimento (pt)
Spanish: mantenimiento (es)

French

Etymology

From verb maintenir, maintenoir "to maintain" and suffix -ance.

Pronunciation

Noun

maintenance f ‎(plural maintenances)

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Maintenance

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