maintenance




maintenance - noun

  • activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
  • means of maintenance of a family or group
  • court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
  • the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
  • 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

    • maintenance - thesaurus

    alimony   care   sustainment   sustenance   sustentation   upkeep  


    View spelling list -ance words, Set 2 and learn about the word maintenance in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 33. Word endings: -ant, -ent, -ance, -ence.

    Other Spellzone word lists: Engineering (aviation) Set 2

    Scrabble score for maintenance

    m is 3 a is 1 i is 1 n is 1 t is 1 e is 1 n is 1 a is 1 n is 1 c is 3 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 15

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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