Maintenance Meaning

There are 5 meaning(s) for word Maintenance

Meaning 1 : 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 communit

    Example : unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit

    Synonyms : criminal maintenance
Meaning 2 : the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

    Synonyms : sustainment,  sustenance,  sustentation,  upkeep
Meaning 3 : court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

    Synonyms : alimony
Meaning 4 : activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

    Synonyms : care,  upkeep
Meaning 5 : means of maintenance of a family or group


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