Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maintenance"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Maintenance \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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

maintenance
n 1: activity involved in maintaining something in good working
order; "he wrote the manual on car care" [syn: {care}, {upkeep}]
2: means of maintenance of a family or group
3: court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after
they are separated [syn: {alimony}]
4: the act of sustaining [syn: {sustenance}, {sustentation}, {sustainment},
{upkeep}]

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