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Noun maintenance has 4 senses
- care, maintenance, upkeep - activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; "he wrote the manual on car care"
--1 is a kind of repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
--1 has particulars:
- maintenance - means of maintenance of a family or group
--2 is a kind of support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
- alimony, maintenance - court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
--3 is a kind of support payment
- sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep - the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"
--4 is a kind of support
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