Definition of maintenance

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Maintenance (n.) That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.

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Sustaltic :: Sustainment (n.) The act of sustaining; maintenance; support.
Burse :: Burse (n.) A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries..
Chapeau :: Chapeau (n.) A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance.
Fellowship :: Fellowship (n.) A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university..
Supportable :: Support (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery..
Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice..
Assertion :: Assertion (n.) Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives..
Sustenance :: Sustenance (n.) The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life..
Maintenance :: Maintenance (n.) That which maintains or supports; means of sustenance; supply of necessaries and conveniences.
Jaghir :: "Jaghir (n.) A village or district the government and revenues of which are assigned to some person, usually in consideration of some service to be rendered, esp. the maintenance of troops..
Standing :: Standing (n.) Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing..
Fund :: Fund (n.) An invested sum, whose income is devoted to a specific object; as, the fund of an ecclesiastical society; a fund for the maintenance of lectures or poor students; also, money systematically collected to meet the expenses of some permanent object..
Finding :: Finding (n.) Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision.
Maintenance :: Maintenance (n.) The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.
Manutenency :: Manutenency (n.) Maintenance.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
Pensionary :: Pensionary (a.) Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance..
Scholarship :: Scholarship (n.) Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student.
Face :: Face (n.) Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.
Espousal :: Espousal (n.) The uniting or allying one's self with anything; maintenance; adoption; as, the espousal of a quarrel..
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