Canadian English Meaning of maintenance

maintenance

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Definitions and Meaning of maintenance in English

Wordnet

maintenance (n)

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

means of maintenance of a family or group

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

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

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

Webster

maintenance (n.)

The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.

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.

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