maintenance, n.
(maintenances)
freq. cnt. 7
(maintenances)
freq. cnt. 7
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
care maintenance upkeep
sample sentences
"he wrote the manual on car care"
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means of maintenance of a family or group
<noun.possession> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
maintenance
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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
<noun.act>
criminal maintenance maintenance
sample sentences
"unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit"
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the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
<noun.act>
maintenance sustainment sustenance sustentation upkeep
sample sentences
"they were in want of sustenance""fishing was their main sustainment"
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court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
<noun.possession>
alimony maintenance
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