maintenance (ˈmeɪntɪnəns
)
Definitions
noun
- the act of maintaining or the state of being maintained
- a means of support; livelihood
- (modifier) of or relating to the maintaining of buildings, machinery, etc ⇒
maintenance man
- law (formerly unlawful) the interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it, as by providing funds to continue the action See also champerty
- law a provision ordered to be made by way of periodical payments or a lump sum, as after a divorce for a spouse
- computing
- the correction or prevention of faults in hardware by a programme of inspection and the replacement of parts
- the removal of existing faults and the modification of software in response to changes in specification or environment
Word Origin
C14: from Old French; see maintainSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
allowance,
living,
support,
keep,
food,
livelihood,
subsistence,
upkeep,
sustenance,
alimony,
aliment,
Translations
- British English:
maintenance
The maintenance of a building, road, vehicle, or machine is the process of keeping it in good condition.They can no longer afford the car's high maintenance costs.ˈmeɪntɪnəns NOUN They can no longer afford the car's high maintenance costs.
- Spanish:
mantenimiento
nm
- French:
entretien
nm
- German:
Instandhaltung
nf
- Chinese: 维护 n
- Arabic: صِيَانَةٌ n
- Portuguese: manutenção nf
- Russian: техническое обслуживание nnt
- Croatian: održavanje nnt
- Czech: údržba nf
- Danish: vedligeholdelse nutr
- Dutch: onderhoud nnt
- Finnish: ylläpito n
- Greek: συντήρηση nf
- Italian: manutenzione nf
- Japanese: 維持 n
- Korean: 유지보수 n
- Norwegian: opprettholdelse nm
- Polish: utrzymanie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: manutenção nf
- European Spanish:
mantenimiento
nm
- Swedish: underhåll nnt
- Thai: การดูแลรักษา n
- Turkish: bakım n
- Vietnamese: sự duy trì n
Usage examples
She had opted to go down the hardest road, kicking the drug with minimal maintenance doses of methadone.
, DEAD BEAT (2002)But NASA maintenance manager Mike Suffredini says: "We are not dealing with a safety issue.
New Scientist (2004)On the night of his death Mr Mungovan was part of a two-man team securing a section of track for maintenance near Vauxhall station.
Irish Times (2002)Normally an annual fee covers the building maintenance, building insurance and regular gardening maintenance.
Glasgow Herald (2001)But its maintenance under very challenging circumstances was the chosen task of Covent Garden's management in the Eighties.
, A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)