Meaning of MAINTENANCE
| Pronunciation: | | 'meyntununs
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- [n] activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care"
- [n] the act of sustaining
- [n] court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
- [n] means of maintenance of a family or group
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| | Synonyms: | | alimony, care, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, upkeep |
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| | See Also: | | bread and butter, camera care, car care, fix, fixing, fixture, inspection and repair, keep, livelihood, living, mending, overhaul, pump priming, repair, reparation, scheduled maintenance, service, steam fitting, support, support, support payment, sustenance | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Main"te*nance\, n. [OF. maintenance. See
{Maintain}.]
1. The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense;
vindication.
Whatsoever is granted to the church for God's honor
and the maintenance of his service, is granted to
God. --South.
2. That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance;
supply of necessaries and conveniences.
Those of better fortune not making learning their
maintenance. --Swift.
3. (Crim. Law) 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}.
--Wharton.
{Cap of maintenance}. See under {Cap}.
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| | Definition: | | The modification of a software product, after delivery, to correct faults, to improve performance or other attributes, or to adapt the product to a changed environment. Maintenance is an important part of the software life-cycle. It is expensive in manpower and resources, and one of the aims of software engineering is to reduce its cost. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abidingness, age, aid, alimentation, alimony, allowance, antiquity, backing, bottling up, bread, care, carriage, carrying, conservancy, conservation, conservationism, constancy, continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, contribution, corking up, daily bread, defeat of time, defiance of time, diuturnity, durability, durableness, duration, economic support, endowment, endurance, environmental conservation, extension, forest conservation, forest management, holding, holding in, inhibition, keep, keeping, lastingness, lengthening, livelihood, living, locking in, long standing, longevity, long-lastingness, long-livedness, maintaining, manna, meat, moral support, mothering, nourishment, nurture, paying the bills, perdurability, perennation, permanence, perpetuation, perpetuity, perseverance, persistence, prehension, preserval, preservation, price support, progress, progression, prolongation, protection, protraction, provision, psychological support, pursuance, reliance, repetition, repression, retainment, retention, retentiveness, retentivity, run, safekeeping, salt, salvage, salvation, saving, security blanket, soil conservation, stability, standing, standing treat, staying power, steadfastness, stipend, straight course, stream conservation, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention, support, supportive relationship, supportive therapy, suppression, survival, survivance, sustained action, sustaining, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, tenacity, tender loving care, TLC, treat, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, upholding, upkeep, water conservation, way, wetlands conservation, wildlife conservation |
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