maintenance

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/ˈmeɪnt(ə)nəns/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) keeping sth in good condition

ADJ

annual, regular, routine | long-term, ongoing | proper

essential

Regular maintenance is essential to keep your car running safely and reliably.

preventative | careful

easy

The new smartphone requires easy maintenance, so you can fix minor problems yourself.

low, minimal

Solar panels need low maintenance once they are installed on your roof.

on-site | aircraft, car, machine, etc.

VERB + MAINTENANCE

carry out

The building manager carries out regular maintenance on the heating system every spring.

need, require

MAINTENANCE + NOUN

engineer, crew, man, staff, team | bill, costs | contract

service

Our car broke down because we had skipped the regular maintenance service for two years.

programme | work

(noun.) money paid to support sb

ADJ

child

VERB + MAINTENANCE

pay | claim

MAINTENANCE + NOUN

payments

arrears

She had to pay several years of maintenance arrears after the court order.

PREP

in ~

The old apartment building was in poor maintenance, so the landlord finally hired workers to fix it.

Definitions

noun

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.

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.

Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.

Child support.

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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — activity involved in maintaining something in good working o

care
upkeep

noun — the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of s

sustenance
sustentation
sustainment
upkeep

noun — court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after th

alimony

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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.

Wiktionary

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.

Wiktionary

a maintenance release; a maintenance version

Wiktionary

Getting a sports car is easy, compared to the maintenance one must do on it.

Tatoeba · #28164

The maintenance of the house costs a lot.

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The police are responsible for the maintenance of law and order.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, maintenance is marked as UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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