maintainmentn.

Brit.

/meɪnˈteɪnmənt/,

/mənˈteɪnmənt/, U.S.

/meɪnˈteɪnmənt/

Forms: 1500s maintenment, 1500s mayntement, 1600s manteinment (Scottish), 1600s 1900s– maintainment.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: maintain v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < maintain v. + -ment suffix, perhaps after Anglo-Norman maintenement, maintement aid, preservation, champerty, Middle French, French maintenement protection, support. Compare post-classical Latin manutenementum support, champerty (from c1140 in British sources); also Spanish mantenimiento mantiniment n.

rare.

Maintenance; that which maintains something in action.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [noun]

maintenancec1390

sustentation1425

keepingc1430

conservationc1447

sustenation1496

maintainment?c1500

intertenure1537

containing1567

sustainment1568

maintain1599

manutention1603

manutenency?1630

continuance1691

conservancy1884

?c1500 Wisdom (Digby) 708 Menstrellys..be expedient to these meny of mayntement [c1475 Folger meyntnance].

1543 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 244 Sir Christopher Bird, person, who honestly did kepe the cure under the forsaid late person, and the maintenment of God service.

1649 E. Stephens tr. B. de Vigenère Disc. Fire & Salt i. 26 The fire..hath therefrom one of its principall maintainments and food.

1863 W. M. Steele Let. 18 Jan. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1888) 1st Ser. XXII. ii. 774 I would respectfully suggest a maintainment of a vigilant and close watch along the various channels of communication with this section of the country.

1908 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 2 836 It considers itself bound..to exhaust the resources of its friendly..intervention for the maintainment of peace and harmony in the five brother states.

1966 S. Ceccato in Automatic Transl. of Lang. (NATO Summer School , Venice, 1962) (NATO Summer School, Venice, 1962) 77 This repetition is provided for by a new correlation, the correlation of maintainment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maintainment
释义	maintainmentn. Brit. /meɪnˈteɪnmənt/, /mənˈteɪnmənt/, U.S. /meɪnˈteɪnmənt/ Forms: 1500s maintenment, 1500s mayntement, 1600s manteinment (Scottish), 1600s 1900s– maintainment. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: maintain v., -ment suffix. Etymology: < maintain v. + -ment suffix, perhaps after Anglo-Norman maintenement, maintement aid, preservation, champerty, Middle French, French maintenement protection, support. Compare post-classical Latin manutenementum support, champerty (from c1140 in British sources); also Spanish mantenimiento mantiniment n. rare. Maintenance; that which maintains something in action. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > maintaining state or condition > [noun] maintenancec1390 sustentation1425 keepingc1430 conservationc1447 sustenation1496 maintainment?c1500 intertenure1537 containing1567 sustainment1568 maintain1599 manutention1603 manutenency?1630 continuance1691 conservancy1884 ?c1500 Wisdom (Digby) 708 Menstrellys..be expedient to these meny of mayntement [c1475 Folger meyntnance]. 1543 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 244 Sir Christopher Bird, person, who honestly did kepe the cure under the forsaid late person, and the maintenment of God service. 1649 E. Stephens tr. B. de Vigenère Disc. Fire & Salt i. 26 The fire..hath therefrom one of its principall maintainments and food. 1863 W. M. Steele Let. 18 Jan. in War of Rebellion (U.S. War Dept.) (1888) 1st Ser. XXII. ii. 774 I would respectfully suggest a maintainment of a vigilant and close watch along the various channels of communication with this section of the country. 1908 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 2 836 It considers itself bound..to exhaust the resources of its friendly..intervention for the maintainment of peace and harmony in the five brother states. 1966 S. Ceccato in Automatic Transl. of Lang. (NATO Summer School , Venice, 1962) (NATO Summer School, Venice, 1962) 77 This repetition is provided for by a new correlation, the correlation of maintainment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1500
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