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 power rationing comes on top of the intermittent cuts that have been ongoing since May last year due to maintenance operations.
From BBC
Genes related to protein production and cellular maintenance were more active in fish with shorter lifespans.
From Science Daily
The station allows China to accumulate crucial experience in spacewalks, docking, maintenance and effects on the body.
From Barron's
Cheniere Energy indicated it might defer some maintenance at its plants in order to squeeze out more molecules.
Wyden also criticized Driven in the letter for diversifying beyond the oil change and vehicle repair and maintenance sectors.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
