maintenance
noun/ˈmeɪntənəns/
[uncountable]Слово англійською: maintenance
Переклад maintenance українською: до́гляд (за маши́ною i т. п.), годува́ння (сім'ї́ і т. д.), аліме́нти, ремо́нтник
Детальний опис
- the act of keeping something in good condition by checking or repairing it regularly
- The school pays for heating and the maintenance of the buildings.
- car maintenance
- the act of making a state or situation continue
- the maintenance of international peace
- the money needed for somebody's living expenses; the act of providing this money
- Most students need to take out loans for maintenance as well as tuition fees.
- (British English, law) money that somebody must pay regularly to their former wife, husband or partner, especially when they have had children together
- He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.
- a maintenance order (= given by a court of law)
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘aiding a party in a legal action without lawful cause’): from Old French, from maintenir, from Latin manu tenere ‘hold in the hand’.