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maintenance
UK /ˈmeɪnt(ə)nəns/ US /ˈmeɪnt(ə)nəns/
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
They are all preventable by proper maintenance, but non-safety critical maintenance has to be evaluated, so failures are an accepted penalty for keeping maintenance costs down.
2
A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence 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.
3
Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
4
Child support.
5
Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
From Pond to Pond he roamed, from moor to moor; / Housing, with God's good help, by choice or chance: / And in this way he gained an honest maintenance.
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