maintenance

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Synonyms: maintenence, mountenance, maintenances

Antonyms: maintenence, mountenance, maintenances

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. Actions performed to keep some [[machine]] or [[system]] [[functioning]] or [[in service]].
2. {{lb|en|legal}} A [[tort]] and (in some [[jurisdiction]]s) 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. {{lb|en|legal|UK}} [[alimony|Alimony]], a periodical payment or a [[lump sum]] made or ordered to be made to a [[spouse]] after a [[divorce]].
4. {{lb|en|legal}} [[child support|Child support]].
5. Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
6. {{lb|en|biology}} The natural process which keeps an organism alive.
7. {{lb|en|Philippines|medicine|colloquial}} {{ellipsis of|en|maintenance medicine}}.
8. {{lb|en|software engineering|attributive}} {{U|software}} [[update]]s that fix [[bug]]s and improve [[stability]] rather than adding new [[feature]]s.

Verb

1. To perform maintenance on a machine or system.

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