maintenance
Usage
What are other ways to say maintenance?
Generally, maintenance refers to care or upkeep, as of machinery or property. But sometimes, maintenance refers to what is spent for the living of another: to provide for the maintenance or support of someone. Maintenance occasionally refers to the allowance itself provided for livelihood: They are entitled to a maintenance from this estate. Living and livelihood (a somewhat more formal word), both refer to what one earns to keep (oneself) alive, but are seldom interchangeable within the same phrase: to earn one's living; to threaten one's livelihood. “To make a living” suggests making just enough to keep alive, and is particularly frequent in the negative: You cannot make a living out of that. “To make a livelihood out of something” suggests rather making a business of it: to make a livelihood out of knitting hats.
Example Sentences
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The family has a history of failing to perform routine maintenance and seeking to redevelop the park into a more lucrative resort community.
From Los Angeles Times
“We think injectables will be the preferred delivery method for highest and fastest weight loss, and oral could supplement injectables with maintenance dosing,” Knight says.
From Barron's
The shop will be manned by Wheeler employees who can swap in replacement generators as front-line units are taken out of service for repairs or maintenance.
After initially removing nuclear fuel from the reactors and transferring it to secure storage, it will move into its "care and maintenance" phase.
From BBC
China’s Foreign Ministry says its activities in the Arctic are reasonable and lawful, “contributing to the maintenance and promotion of peace, stability, and sustainable development in the region.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
