noun
activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
Synonyms
Examples
- he wrote the manual on car care
noun
means of maintenance of a family or group
noun
court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
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noun
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Synonyms
Examples
- they were in want of sustenance
- fishing was their main sustainment
noun
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
Synonyms
criminal maintenance
Examples
- unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit