Maintenancenoun
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service
Maintainverb
To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
Maintenancenoun
(legal) 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.
Maintainverb
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
Maintenancenoun
Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
Maintainverb
To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.
Maintenancenoun
(legal) Child support.
Maintainverb
To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach; to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present reputation.
Maintenancenoun
Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
Maintainverb
To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to surrender or relinquish.
âGod values . . . every one as he maintains his post.â;
Maintenancenoun
(biology) The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
Maintainverb
To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
âMaintain talk with the duke.â;
Maintenancenoun
The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
âWhatsoever is granted to the church for God's honor and the maintenance of his service, is granted to God.â;
Maintainverb
To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply with what is needed.
âGlad, by his labor, to maintain his life.â; âWhat maintains one vice would bring up two children.â;
Maintenancenoun
That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
âThose of better fortune not making learning their maintenance.â;
Maintainverb
To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
âIt is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to be maintained by it.â;
Maintenancenoun
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.
Maintainverb
keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
âkeep cleanâ; âhold in placeâ; âShe always held herself as a ladyâ; âThe students keep me on my toesâ;
Maintenancenoun
Those actions required for the care of machinery, a building, etc., to keep it clean and in proper functioning condition, and to prevent or forestall damage due to normal use.
Maintainverb
keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction;
âWe preserve these archeological findingsâ; âThe old lady could not keep up the buildingâ; âchildren must be taught to conserve our national heritageâ; âThe museum curator conserved the ancient manuscriptsâ;
Maintenancenoun
Payments, such as child support or alimony, to a dependent child not living with one or to a divorced wife.
Maintainverb
supply with necessities and support;
âShe alone sustained her familyâ; âThe money will sustain our good causeâ; âThere's little to earn and many to keepâ;
Maintenancenoun
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;
âhe wrote the manual on car careâ;
Maintainverb
state categorically
Maintenancenoun
means of maintenance of a family or group
Maintainverb
of power or authority
Maintenancenoun
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
Maintainverb
maintain for use and service;
âI keep a car in the countrysideâ; âShe keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping tripsâ;
Maintenancenoun
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence;
âthey were in want of sustenanceâ; âfishing was their main sustainmentâ;
Maintainverb
maintain by writing regular records;
âkeep a diaryâ; âmaintain a recordâ; âkeep notesâ;
Maintenancenoun
the process of preserving a condition or situation or the state of being preserved
âcrucial conditions for the maintenance of democratic governmentâ;
Maintainverb
state or assert;
âHe maintained his innocenceâ;
Maintenancenoun
the process of keeping something in good condition
âcar maintenanceâ; âessential maintenance workâ;
Maintainverb
support against an opponent;
âThe appellate court upheld the verdictâ;
Maintenancenoun
the provision of financial support for a person's living expenses, or the support so provided
âa chance of going to university with fees and maintenance paidâ;
Maintainverb
observe correctly or closely;
âThe pianist kept time with the metronomeâ; âkeep countâ; âI cannot keep track of all my employeesâ;
Maintenancenoun
a husband's or wife's provision for their spouse after separation or divorce
âa divorced man paying his ex-wife ÂŁ2,500 a year maintenanceâ;
Maintainverb
cause or enable (a condition or situation) to continue
âthe need to maintain close links between industry and schoolsâ;
Maintenancenoun
the offence of aiding a party in a legal action without lawful cause.
Maintainverb
keep (something) at the same level or rate
âagricultural prices will have to be maintainedâ;
Maintainverb
keep (a building, machine, or road) in good condition by checking or repairing it regularly
âthe Department for Transport is responsible for maintaining the main roads in Englandâ;
Maintainverb
provide with necessities for life or existence
âthe allowance covers the basic costs of maintaining a childâ;
Maintainverb
keep (a military unit) supplied with equipment and other requirements
âan English garrison was maintained there in the seventeenth centuryâ;
Maintainverb
give one's support to; uphold
âthe king swears he will maintain the laws of Godâ;
Maintainverb
state something strongly to be the case; assert
âhe has always maintained his innocenceâ; âhe had persistently maintained that he would not stand against his old friendâ;