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in-maintenance
in-maintenance n. 
/ˈɪnˌmeɪntn̩əns/, /ˈɪnˌmeɪntn̩əns/ now historical maintenance for a person living in a workhouse or the like.
Brit. /ˈɪnˌmeɪnt(ᵻ)nəns/
, /ˈɪnˌmeɪnt(ᵻ)nəns//ˈɪnˌmeɪntn̩əns/U.S. /ˈɪnˌmeɪnt(ə)nəns/
, /ˈɪnˌmeɪnt(ə)nəns//ˈɪnˌmeɪntn̩əns/ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > allowance > for specific purpose > for food or maintenance
meatcorn1264
corrody1430
sustentation1461
dieta1483
diet-money1519
board wages1539
viaticum1594
subsistence money1693
table allowance1762
board-money1809
subsistence allowance1824
beer money1827
in-maintenance1836
subsistence allowance1848
conred1876
sustenance money1905
rider1975
1836 2nd Ann. Rep. Poor Law Commissioners App. A. No. 13 123 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 595) Ordered, that..the value of articles consumed be debited to ‘In-maintenance’, and credited to ‘Provision Account’.
1860 in C. S. Davies Hist. Macclesfield (1961) v. 267 In-Maintenance of paupers £1027 s.5 d.9.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 475/2 Relief given in a workhouse is termed ‘in (or indoor) maintenance’ relief.
1905 Daily Chron. 1 Sept. 2/5 For every £1 spent on out-relief in 1902–3 no less than £7 12s. 4d. was expended on in-maintenance.
1993 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 24 289 (note) Refers to inmaintenance only, which excludes the fixed costs of the workhouse and its staff.
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