maintenance

Letters that make maintenance

a, e, n, c, m, t, i are letters that make 'maintenance'

Words within maintenance

AN, MA, te, nan, NT, nance, ma, en, mA, Nan, ain, ten, CE, in, AI, ai, IN, NC, main, Ce, In, Na, Te are words within 'maintenance'


5 possible definitions for 'maintenance'

Maintenance as "the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence"

Under this definition, maintenance is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

sustenance, upkeep, sustentation, sustainment have the same meaning as 'maintenance'

maintenance as a type

'maintenance' can be a type of support.

Derivatives of maintenance

keep up, sustain, keep, nourish, nurture, prolong, maintain, sustentacular are derivatives of 'maintenance'.


Maintenance as "means of maintenance of a family or group"

Under this definition, maintenance is a noun and has the following properties:

maintenance as a type

'maintenance' can be a type of sustenance, keep, living, support, livelihood, bread and butter.

Derivatives of maintenance

keep, sustain, maintain are derivatives of 'maintenance'.


Maintenance as "court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated"

Under this definition, maintenance is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

alimony has the same meaning as maintenance

maintenance as a type

'maintenance' can be a type of support payment.


Maintenance as "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"

Under this definition, maintenance is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

criminal maintenance has the same meaning as maintenance

maintenance as a type

'maintenance' can be a type of wrongful conduct, wrongdoing, misconduct, actus reus.

maintenance as a category

'maintenance' can be a category of law, jurisprudence.

Example of maintenance used within this context

"unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit"


Maintenance as "activity involved in maintaining something in good working order"

Under this definition, maintenance is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

care, upkeep have the same meaning as 'maintenance'

maintenance as a type

'maintenance' can be a type of reparation, repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending.

Types of maintenance

inspection and repair, service, overhaul, camera care, car care, pump priming, scheduled maintenance, steam fitting are types of 'maintenance'.

Derivatives of maintenance

conserve, keep up, maintain, preserve are derivatives of 'maintenance'.



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