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Meaning of maintenance in English

maintenance
noun [ U ]
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/ˈmeɪn.tən.əns/ us
/ˈmeɪn.tən.əns/

maintenance noun [U] (WORK)

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the work needed to keep a road, building, machine, etc. in good condition:
Old houses need a lot of maintenance.
maintenance check There are thorough maintenance checks on each plane before take-off.
The magazine offers tips on cutting your house maintenance costs.
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maintenance noun [U] (MONEY)

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money that a person must pay regularly by law in order to support their child or previous marriage partner after a divorce (= official end to a marriage):
pay maintenance He refused to pay maintenance for his three children.
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maintenance noun [U] (CONTINUED EXISTENCE)

a situation in which something continues to exist or is not allowed to become less:
the maintenance of living standards
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(Definition of maintenance from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

maintenance | American Dictionary

maintenance
noun [ U ]
us
/ˈmeɪn·tən·əns/

maintenance noun [U] (CONTINUING TO HAVE)

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the process of keeping or continuing something:
The office is charged with the maintenance of customary practices and ceremonies.

maintenance noun [U] (PRESERVING)

the work needed to keep something in good condition:
Bridges require a lot of maintenance.
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maintenance | Business English

maintenance
noun [ U ]
uk
/ˈmeɪntənəns/ us
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the activity of keeping a building, vehicle, road, etc. in good condition by checking it regularly and repairing it when necessary:
Refineries typically schedule yearly maintenance.
Components necessary for the maintenance of our fleet of helicopters often have to be ordered from abroad.
The city budget for street repair and maintenance was cut for this fiscal year.
maintenance work/services/procedures
maintenance contracts/costs
maintenance workers/staff/crew
rail/road/building maintenance
perform/provide/carry out maintenance We have a large team of IT staff who provide ongoing system and applications maintenance.
bad/poor/routine maintenance A leak in the pipeline was discovered during routine maintenance and inspection work.
the process of making sure that something continues in the same way or at the same level:
Authorities consider these measures to be necessary for the maintenance of sound health and sanitary conditions at the factory.
FINANCE, LAW
regular payments that a person must make by law in order to support their child or previous marriage partner, for example after a divorce :
She continues to receive maintenance payments from her former partner.
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resale price maintenance
total productive maintenance
(Definition of maintenance from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of maintenance

maintenance
Beyond that, the approach falls short with respect to the maintenance of institutional trustworthiness and protection of public trust.
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Nevertheless, when they are stretched too far in a particular case, this puts a strain on the maintenance of reciprocity.
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Here illusory lack of control might serve the maintenance of self-esteem.
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A second question is thus that of how long this maintenance therapy needs to be continued after the initial signs of recovery.
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Many other elements play essential roles in the structure and maintenance of living things, so these other elements are also relevant to our theme.
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Conversely, they are all deducted from income support and housing benefit and maintenance are taken into account in calculating entitlement to family credit.
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There is little information about maintenance and there are no national statistics.
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However, certain aspects of maintenance research for eroded areas remain characteristically neglected.
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Separation and maintenance orders can also be obtained from magistrates' courts.
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Maintenance, facilitation, and induction are not ways of partitioning the conditions nor the contents of learning.
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While such concern gained support for the provision of rate-financed school meals, proposals for full state maintenance had far less backing.
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The client was dissatisfied with the amount of maintenance he would have to pay.
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The transitions mentioned above are envisaged to become" standard development" for expert systems in aircraft maintenance in the next few years.
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Such systems offer scope to allow aircraft maintenance engineers to transfer between aircraft types more easily.
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Our understanding of the mechanisms that control the initial clustering of these proteins is limited and less is known about domain maintenance.
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Translations of maintenance

in Chinese (Traditional)
工作, 維護，保養（保持道路、建築、機器設備等處於良好狀態的工作）, 金錢…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
工作, 养护（保持道路、建筑、机器设备等状态良好的工作）, 金钱…
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mantenimiento, mantenimiento [masculine, singular]…
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manutenção, conservação, manutenção [feminine]…
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प्रतिपाळ, सुव्यवस्था तपासणी…
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整備, メンテナンス, 維持（いじ）…
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bakım onarım, nafaka, bakım ve onarım…
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maintenance [feminine], entretien [masculine], maintien [masculine]…
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manteniment…
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onderhoud, handhaving…
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ஒரு சாலை, கட்டிடம், இயந்திரம் போன்றவற்றை நல்ல நிலையில் வைத்திருக்க தேவையான வேலை / செயல்…
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सड़क, भवन, मशीन आदि का रखरखाव…
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જાળવવું, રસ્તા, મકાન…
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vedligeholdelse, bevarelse…
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underhåll, skötsel, vidhållande…
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penjagaan, pertahanan…
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die Instandhaltung, das Beibehalten…
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vedlikehold [neuter], opprettholdelse [masculine], barnebidrag [neuter]…
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دیکھ بھال, حفاظت, جانچ پڑتال…
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догляд, ремонт, підтримання…
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నిర్వహణ, రహదారి, యంత్రం…
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údržba, zachování…
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perawatan, pertahanan…
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การรักษาสภาพ, การยืนกราน…
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sự bảo dưỡng, việc giữ gìn…
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konserwacja, utrzymanie, alimenty…
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유지, 보수…
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manutenzione, mantenimento…
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