maintenancenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmeɪn.tən.əns/us/ˈmeɪn.tən.əns/maintenance noun [ U ] (WORK)
B2 the work needed to keep a road, building, machine, etc. in good condition:
Old houses need a lot of maintenance.
There are thorough maintenance checks on each plane before take-off.
The magazine offers tips on cutting your house maintenance costs.
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- The network will be down for an hour for routine maintenance.
- The new ships, propelled by gas turbines, require less maintenance than older, steam-driven ones.
- This course is designed to give drivers a grounding in car maintenance.
- There is a risk that the debt-ridden airline that may be tempted to scrimp on maintenance or security.
- It's just a regular maintenance shutdown.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Costs & expenses
- aliment
- alimony
- asking price
- carrying charge
- charge
- compensation
- corkage
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost-of-living index
- damage
- dent
- expense
- flat rate
- indirect cost
- price war
- running costs
- settlement
- sticker price
- stoppage
- worth
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maintenance noun [ U ] (MONEY)
UK money that a person must pay regularly by law in order to support their child or previous marriage partner after a divorce (= official end to a marriage):
He refused to pay maintenance for his three children.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Costs & expenses
- aliment
- alimony
- asking price
- carrying charge
- charge
- compensation
- corkage
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost-of-living index
- damage
- dent
- expense
- flat rate
- indirect cost
- price war
- running costs
- settlement
- sticker price
- stoppage
- worth
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Relationships: ending & divorce
maintenance noun [ U ] (CONTINUED EXISTENCE)
a situation in which something continues to exist or is not allowed to become less:
the maintenance of living standards
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- dish
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- invest
- lay
- spare
- stake sb to sth
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
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